I want to thank all the witnesses for coming back.
Mr. O'Connor, thank you for making the trip twice in less than a month.
There are five regional environmental councils in Quebec. Your council in the Eastern Townships covers 128 municipalities, nine regional county municipalities and 3,000 lakes larger than one hectare. When we met earlier this fall, I learned a great deal about invasive species.
I'll ask you two questions, to avoid having to interrupt you. I'll then let you respond.
As part of this study, questions were sent to all departments. Oddly enough, Transport Canada responded in each case that the questions weren't applicable. It was quite mind‑boggling.
However, we believe that Transport Canada has a role to play. In your opinion, what measures can it implement right now to protect our lakes? I'm not talking about measures for 10 years from now, but measures for right now.
I'm also interested in the Western Aquatic Invasive Species Resource Center, which applies a strategy not used in Canada to contain invasive species.
The floor is yours.