Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I also want to thank the witnesses for sharing their views with us as part of their testimony today.
I recognize that caribou issues are happening pretty far from my riding of Milton. However, Milton is on the traditional territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe people, the Huron-Wendat and the Mississaugas of the Credit. We are also very close to the Six Nations Confederacy. Nevertheless, as parliamentary secretary, I have a responsibility to support the government's work in this area.
In earlier testimony, we heard that caribou populations are not declining, but are in fact growing.
Chief Ghislain Picard, based on your experience and observations, do you believe that the boreal caribou populations are in good health and that their numbers are increasing?
Do science and research support the claim that caribou herds are healthy and that the situation is improving?