Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much to the witnesses for being here today.
My first question is for Devon Page.
We have a lot of questions about the national conservation plan. For example, question 5 aims to determine the NCP implementation priorities. We see that this would take strong national legislation, as you mentioned. But currently, the budget implementation bill unfortunately weakens certain environmental laws, including the provisions of the Fisheries Act dealing with habitat protection and environmental assessments.
I would like to know what your recommendations would be for strong legislation, to include them in the national conservation plan.