Okay. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We've also heard on this committee from first nations leaders who, over 10 years ago, had to take the extraordinary steps to stop hunting caribou, a practice they had relied on since time immemorial. However, recognizing the decline in populations, that extraordinary step had to be taken.
I also want to acknowledge that a lot of first nations people living in Quebec are employed in the pulp, paper and lumber industries, so it presents a little bit of another challenge with respect to the term “balance”. If we want to see caribou in 50 years and a forestry sector in 50 years, then change is necessary; some modifications to the current status quo are necessary. The officials who just left us said that the status quo will result in a further decline of the caribou populations.
I'd like to ask a question to—