We are ready to continue the meeting with the second panel of witnesses. All the participants are online. Sound tests were done. Everything is fine there.
We welcome four individuals from three different entities.
We have with us a representative from the Government of Alberta, Ms. Kate Rich, assistant deputy minister of policy, the environment and protected areas.
We also have a representative from the Government of the Northwest Territories, Mr. Julian Kanigan, assistant deputy minister of environmental management, monitoring and climate change at the Department of Environment and Climate Change.
Finally, we welcome two representatives from the government of Yukon, Ms. Heather Jirousek, director of water resources, and Mr. Brendan Mulligan, senior scientist for groundwater and water resources at the Department of Environment.
We will start with Ms. Rich.
Ms. Rich, you have five minutes to speak.