Of course, Mr. Chair.
In 2016, the Government of Quebec recognized the need to develop a strategy for protecting the boreal caribou and the mountainous caribou. Thereafter, the Commission indépendante sur les caribous forestiers et montagnards submitted 35 recommendations to the department, including the first one as follows:
The Commission recommends that the [department] swiftly proceed to the development and implementation of a boreal caribou protection and recovery strategy that builds on existing expertise and the recommendations stemming from this consultation. In the meantime, existing administrative protection measures should be implemented to preserve the most appropriate sectors, including by imposing moratoriums to protect old-growth forests.
I will turn to Mr. Gilbert.
First, do you agree with this recommendation, that there needs to be a caribou protection and recovery strategy? We are talking about a need.
Second, what sort of administrative protective measures would be best and the most acceptable in your view, for your co‑operative and for the industry?