Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As the minister mentioned in remarks, we have a whole series of initiatives under way related to improving the health of the Great Lakes, including some important intergovernmental agreements in terms of the Canada-U.S. Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement and the associated Canada-Ontario Agreement on Great Lakes Water Quality and Ecosystem Health. Under those frameworks we undertake a wide range of scientific activities and targeted programmatic activities designed to continue to improve our understanding, as well as to improve remediation of specific contaminants and enhance our collaborative work with many stakeholders in that regard.
There have been a series of investments and you referenced some of them. Specifically on the Great Lakes nutrient initiative, that program is ongoing. It is in its final year of funding. It will sunset in this year, and therefore, will be examined for renewal in the context of budget 2016.
We're also moving forward in other areas, including one of the most challenging areas of concern, which is Randle Reef, and we continue to work to put in place effective remediation of that site.
I should mention that around this ecosystem and the whole watershed there are other interventions that do have an impact. You mentioned non-point source pollution as being an area of concern and some of our work focuses on that. In fact, some of the work we're doing under the national conservation plan related to wetland restoration will also contribute to the health of the Great Lakes and the habitat on which many species depend.