Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to thank all of the presenters for excellent background information.
I want to start with Ducks Unlimited. I have two questions and I'll give them both. You have quite a complete brief with a number of recommendations. What I'd like to know are the top two concrete measures--and some of them are perhaps a bit conceptual--that the government could take, in your view, to assist in reaching your objectives.
Secondly, and this sounds like a mischievous question but it really isn't, how can the work you do and support for the work you do contribute to Canada's global competitiveness? I know that Canada's natural assets really are a factor in global competitiveness, and I think it would be helpful if you just elaborated on why that would be so.