Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank the witnesses for being here. It's especially wonderful to see Mr. Donnelly here.
Thank you for your lifelong advocacy for water.
You talked a bit about how early investment in watershed protection ensures we are protecting communities in the face of the climate crisis. In the fall, my colleague Taylor Bachrach, the MP for Skeena—Bulkley Valley, presented a motion calling on the House to establish a $1-billion watershed security fund. It's great that it passed through committee. Since then, all of my NDP colleagues have written to the Minister of Emergency Preparedness, calling on him to implement this fund. However, the funding so far is nowhere to be seen. We've heard from other witnesses that there has been a disparity between funding for the eastern parts of Canada compared with B.C.
What would a $1-billion watershed security fund mean for B.C.?