Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the minister and officials for coming.
I have some concerns. I hear about strengthening and deepening monitoring networks, when there were cuts of 700 announced at Environment Canada, and more recently, 200. When it comes to Canada's protected areas, we always want to hear about them. You talked about 10% of land being protected, and that's a good thing. On the other side, less than 1% of our marine areas are meaningfully conserved.
On water quality, the nutrient program is important. On World Water Day, there was an announcement about protecting the Great Lakes. It was 0.7% of what was needed to protect them.
I'm going to start with climate change. Canada was a founding member of the new Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-lived Climate Pollutants.
Why is there the willingness to address the short term versus the long term?