Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Mr. Gaudry, for your opening comments.
I don't know a lot about the Manitoba fishery. I'm from the west coast, so it was an interesting opening comment to hear about the problems.
I want to congratulate the Manitoba fishermen for coming together to build a stronger voice to have your concerns heard. I think that's really important and something that I hope the government pays attention to. I understand it's not without its challenges within the organization, and I know you're going to work those out, and it does take time.
Have you had any intervention with the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, or with DFO or the Department of Agriculture, to work together to solve some of these problems you're facing? With the understanding that there is a large component of first nations--it is your only economy, and it's important because of the problems for first nations economies across the country--has there been any work to get them to work together to help solve the problem of the drainage issue?