Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for coming out today.
I'm going to focus on Mr. Ledgerwood first of all and talk about the alternate land-use program.
We spoke briefly just outside here before this committee meeting, and you were right. The idea for the pilot, ALUS, was all thought of in Manitoba and tested in Manitoba, right in my riding actually, by Shoal Lake, so it was good. P.E.I., fortunately, picked it up and is embracing the whole model.
The key idea around ALUS, the alternative land-use service, was something very unique and very foreign, and that was to involve the landowners.
I'd like you to expand on that. How did the legend or the path of ALUS develop in P.E.I.? What are you finding good about it and where can we improve on it? It's one program that I think we can really leverage in the future, as a water committee, and I think we need to hear that.