Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the officials for sitting with us through that. I hope we can get back to our topic of discussion now that we've cleared that off our table.
For Mr. Wolfish, 58 formerly pristine lakes around the Kenora area were managed since 1968, and in an unexpected and controversial move, in 2012 the Conservative federal government defunded the facility. It was the Experimental Lakes Area and now it's being managed by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, and I believe they're also out of Winnipeg.
I used to canoe a lot in that area. I'm from Winnipeg originally. Knowing the importance of research on fresh water, I'm wondering how will the Canada water agency interact with IISD-ELA?