Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses for being here today.
Let's start with the Canadian Water Quality Association. Ms. Peters, in your opening statement you referred to how “recruiting and retaining water quality specialists is a barrier to providing better services to more Canadians.” I wonder, could you elaborate on how one becomes a water quality specialist? Does one go to university or a technical college, and is there a certification or a governing body? If you could elaborate, that would be very helpful.