Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Minister and officials, good afternoon. It's my first opportunity, minister, to speak to you from this chair at this committee, being a relatively new member.
As the member for Kitchener Centre, I share with Ms. Davidson the distinction of having a riding that is at or near the south coast of Canada, sometimes referred to as the Great Lakes. I was very interested in your comments earlier about $17.5 million over five years being put toward the question of the Asian carp and invasive species issues. That of course is a potentially huge problem for the Great Lakes.
Can you elaborate a little upon what the government is going to be doing in relation to the early detection and interdiction of that invasive species or others coming into the Great Lakes?