Thank you, Chair.
I want to warmly welcome our witnesses today and say how proud I am that we are taking a team Canada approach with all of the stakeholders working so hard: from Mr. Archer, who brought forward e-petition 3081 with over 10,000 signatures, which I was happy to present in the House, to all of you who have participated in the email and writing campaign to Governor Whitmer and also to the Prime Minister, calling on him for action.
Mayor Bradley and I have both had meetings with the natural resources minister on a number of initiatives. Our MPP, Bob Bailey, who's not here, has really raised the awareness at Queen's Park and has testified on committees in the Senate in Michigan.
It's nice to see everybody working together.
I'm going to begin my questions with you, Mr. Archer. Having brought this petition down, why did you think it was important to call on the Prime Minister to intervene?