Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all of the witnesses for attending here today. There are a few things I'd like to touch on.
The first is regarding the questioning earlier about the Nature Conservancy. I'll preface my remarks by saying that over the last number of years we have had numerous witnesses appear before this committee, and whenever any of them were asked about the Nature Conservancy program that our government operates, they praised it, and it unreservedly was considered to be a great success. Until the NDP member spoke earlier, I have never heard anyone challenge the merit of that program.
I would like to ask you this, Mr. Hamilton. I understand that it was a multi-year program of several hundred million dollars at least. Could you remind us of over what number of years and what the total government expenditure was on the program with the Nature Conservancy?