First of all, I'd like to thank the committee for its patience. I believe we have a hard time explaining what the issue is, especially in layman's terms, to people who may not know or may not have the wherewithal as well, as is naturally expected.
For the people, I think it's very important to us. What we're basically talking about is restoration of the eelgrass to its natural environment, or close to its natural environment or the way it was before. Restoring the area would bring back the migratory birds and also restore the ecosystem, as well as bringing back all the animals and the fish and the marine wildlife that were there.
We would like to have the governments honour their commitments. One of the commitments that were made in the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement was that, subject to the principle of conservation, the Cree were guaranteed certain levels of harvest prior to the signing of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement. We consider that agreement as our treaty with the governments, and those are protected by section 35 of the Canadian Constitution.
We would like to see the government and all the parties to that agreement honour that commitment. Maybe we can share some more geese with you once we have reached our guaranteed levels again.
I'd like to thank you very much.