Environment committee  I hope not.

Environment committee  Sorry, truthful though.

Environment committee  You are absolutely right. Actually, as I flew over Lake Michigan today I didn't see any open water there either. The latest figure I saw, about a week ago, was 88% coverage across the Great Lakes. It went down a little bit, but with days like today the coverage is becoming greate

Environment committee  What we do is interact primarily with the province on this. The federal government is very aware of our interest in this. But obviously in respect of the way business is done in Canada, we basically have waited until the federal government and the provincial government sort out t

Environment committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and members of the committee. I greatly appreciate this opportunity to speak with you today. I am the executive director of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, which is a coalition of 112 U.S. and Canadian cities, representing a

Fisheries committee  That is my guess. Actually, this is part of what's happening with the intensive commercial fishing. You go to a certain location and essentially try to fish out the fish in that particular location, but then they'll go to another place where they find a food source and an appropr

Fisheries committee  I greatly appreciate it. You obviously are very attentive. I know you're extremely busy and I greatly appreciate the fact that you took the time to hear me out. Thank you.

Fisheries committee  Right.

Fisheries committee  No, I'm not calling for you to do that. I think we have a lot more homework to do on our side before I would consider approaching our good neighbours to the north on this. Again, we're in the early stages of this, and I think a lot more work has to be done to determine whether

Fisheries committee  Basically, we will pass our findings to anyone who is willing to listen. We think our work is credible. We don't have any official government standing. We're a private, non-profit organization. We think our work has integrity and standing for itself. Again, the major reason we

Fisheries committee  Thank you.

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  Those two steps that you've already taken I think are critically important. A step that is under way—namely, advancing the science associated with understanding invasive species, and specifically Asian carp, and the kind of risk they present—I think is very important. So there ar

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  I'm just trying to remember. I think they reach at least four of the five Great Lakes. I can't remember if there's one to Lake Huron as well, but they're pretty much spread from Minnesota, through Wisconsin, Illinois—with the major one being the Chicago waterway system—and then I