Mr. Pearson, in your brief, you suggest that we should increase the number of conservation agreements as a way to bring land owners on board. However, in reality, no such conservation agreement has been signed until now. Since that's the case, how can we actually reach such agreements? What obstacles have stood in the way of signing these agreements? How can we establish a process, a partnership or a contract?
I suppose all this is part of what you are proposing, including when you refer to recovery plans. You would like these plans to be based on science, I believe. However, when the time comes to draw up an action plan, you believe that there should also be a contract. How can we ensure that many such conservation agreements are actually signed?