Thank you, Mr. Chair.
If anybody hasn't had a chance to get their full piece in, you can submit it in writing, and it goes into the record so we can consider that as we go forward and make recommendations.
We've been hearing from a lot of people. Although the person who put forward this motion is from the east coast, she wisely included the southern resident killer whale as part of the study because she understood this was important and there were some dangers afoot.
So far we've heard the following: The availability of chinook salmon, the primary food source, is in trouble. There's ship traffic, especially noise, and it's not so much ship strikes on the west coast, which is more of an issue on the east coast. This is what we've heard. You can correct me if I'm wrong. There are toxins in the water, and there's the impact of seals and sea lions, which have had a significant increase in population.
Have we missed anything so far? Are there other factors? Raise your hand if you have something to contribute to this question. Have we missed anything that we should be looking at?
Ray, do you want to start?