Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Good afternoon, everyone, and a special welcome to Professor Barbeau of the Polytechnique in Montreal. Welcome to Canada's Parliament.
I will start by asking Mr. Haller some questions.
Thank you so much for your testimony.
I want to address the issue of more efficiency. You raised that in your comments.
I'd like to quote the French version of what you have told us. Your French was very good, by the way I'd like to congratulate you on it. In your address, you said that “Job One should be to get all of the 20 plus federal agencies working more closely together toward common goals.”
Without wishing to make any stupid puns, the mere fact that there are 20 such organizations no doubt dilutes their effectiveness. What should be done to reduce the number of government organizations dealing with water in order to provide more effective protection?