Very briefly about forestry, I need to advise the board that the Mi'kmaq chiefs of New Brunswick are actually in court with the province in regard to the forest management plan, the new plan: increased harvests, decreased buffers and deer yards, use of contentious sprays, the province delegating management to industry. We all have issues with that. We've been trying to get to the table for a number of years and so far no luck, so we find ourselves litigating because we are concerned about it.
We did get to present to the National Energy Board panel, which is no longer in regard to energy east. We had raised concerns with the pipeline being in the upper reaches of the Miramichi, the Southwest Miramichi, which is actually the stronger salmon river. With regard to the Northwest numbers, the returns have been down. The numbers are not being reached on the Northwest as well as they are on the Southwest. To put the Southwest at risk concerns us extremely. If there were a spill in the upper reaches of the Miramichi or the Cains, the damage that could happen to the salmon and any other fish populations would be devastating to our people, to our way of life.
Thank you for indulging me.