I can certainly report to you that it's a huge issue here in Saskatchewan. Illegal drainage is the primary culprit we're trying to deal with. No one has ever been charged in Saskatchewan for illegal drainage; however, we certainly have rules and laws in place to deal with it.
As we speak, almost 50% of the wetlands in Saskatchewan have been eliminated over the last 40 years. Actually, the percentage might be a little higher. We have been trying to develop incentives in Saskatchewan through the ALUS program. Right now, it's the number one pilot project we're using to look at those issues, to develop wetlands where wetlands have been drained and maintain existing ones that are functioning. It certainly is a huge problem. We recognize, from the conservation community, the effects we're having on Manitoba.
Mr. Chorney brought up Lake of the Prairies as an example. To try to mitigate some of these actions, they drained Lake of the Prairies to the point that we just had a huge fish die-off there, because they had drained it in order to capture some of the potential run-off.
These types of issues are commonplace in Saskatchewan because of that.