Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, gentlemen, for appearing before us. We appreciate the clarity you've been able to provide to Mr. Chisholm and some of his colleagues.
Mr. Orb, I saw a statement that I think was from your organization that said Saskatchewan rural municipalities have been paying inflated costs to accommodate the provisions of this act for over 10 years. I'm taking from that that you don't think the status quo was adequate and it needed some changes.
Let me ask you then, given the direction that we've taken with these changes in Bill C-38, do you feel that what we've done here, by focusing attention on fisheries that Canadians value most, and the food fish and habitat that support them, is a better use of taxpayers resources than the current system, which requires DFO to protect all water bodies and species regardless of their value to Canadians?
Perhaps I can ask each of you that question, and I'll start with Mr. Orb.