Thank you Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses for coming this morning, especially Mr. Davidson; we wish you the best with your family today.
Mr. Chair, I remind my colleagues on both sides of the table today that the scope of the study is terrestrial ecosystems. I won't call points of order, because I think that it's been studied in the DFO and we're both looking at this issue. That's just a reminder to my colleagues.
Mr. Wareham, in looking at best practices for habitat management, you spoke about the concept of overall ecosystem function. I'm quite interested in that, because some of our witnesses have spoken today about the development of recovery strategies through SARA, etc.
Could you speak about that concept, and whether there's a better way that the government can use that concept to both protect habitat and look at recovery strategies?