This is another good one, because Vance Badawey, a member of Parliament, has been really good at working on the Great Lakes. In fact, we worked together. I'm one of the vice-chairs of the Canada-U.S. parliamentary association, and Vance helped trail-blaze. We have a special component for the Great Lakes, now. We've been lobbying in Washington. Prior to that, it was always hit-and-miss. I was always pushing against issues, here and there. Now, it's actually a part of the function of the Canada-U.S. parliamentary association, which is excellent.
I've been working with Senator Gary Peters for years. I've known Rashida Tlaib for a long time, like I said, and Stephanie Chang. There's a lot of activity in the U.S.
In fact, they're looking at Canada, and they're not very pleased about our Great Lakes investment, right now. They're putting in hundreds of millions of dollars. They're also concerned about the DGR, which is a nuclear waste depository project in the Huron area. There have been concerns raised about that. They would like to see us be more progressive.
The interesting thing about this project is that we need to have hot spot zones in the U.S. for the species migrating back into Canada or the United States. That's what this location does: Point Pelee and Rondeau parks, all the way up here, then back into the United States.
Lastly, to conclude, this is also uniting citizens on both sides, as well as NGOs. The Great Canadian Trails will now go over into the United States. It was announced three weeks ago. The Canadian trails will go into the U.S., and the U.S. cycling.... All the different sponsors, groups and organizations came over for that announcement. There were a number of people. Our trail system will go into the U.S. Maybe some people on our border aren't as familiar with how.... That's just the way we are. They're our cousins, and we're their cousins.