Those who are going to come back, thank you so much for your patience and we look forward to seeing you on the 17th.
We have two witnesses who are with us today from Nature Canada. They are Alex MacDonald, senior conservation manager, and Eleanor Fast, executive director.
We also have, from Ducks Unlimited, James Brennan, director of government affairs, and Mark Gloutney, director of regional operations. We'll open the floor to you.
Just to let everybody know, at a quarter to one I'm going to stop the meeting because it has been made clear there is some committee business that's going to come forward today. Thank you.
Who would like to go first?
Go ahead, Mr. Brennan.