As somebody who's loved Canadian waterways for most of my life, I'm very grateful for all of your work. This work is essential. We—when I say “we”, I mean people who use Canadian waterways for recreation, fishing and otherwise—are grateful for your work.
Previously, I've spoken about the importance of conservation authorities and their water management programs. I've kind of seen this a little bit as an extension of that work that we're able to do in Ontario because of the gift of forethought many, many years ago. Establishing the conservation authorities provided Ontario and Ontarians with a lot of reassurance, provided insurance companies with a lot of data, and provided developers with dos and don'ts.
Sections of my riding of Milton, for example, are a flood plain. It doesn't look like a flood plain, but when a 50-year or 100-year storm comes through, there would be damage. We're really grateful for that work. There's that old adage that the best time to plant a tree was 50 years ago, so why not do it today? I'm glad to see that, from the perspective of a water agency, we're doing that today, because it's very, very important work.
Congratulations on the progress. I didn't know that there already were calls out for many water bodies that are close to our regions. Just among the four of us here, I think you named parts of our watersheds. Are you able to shed any water or light on those projects, or are they still embargoed due to the fact that they're under consideration?