As you can see, our prescribed seating plan follows our party system, such as politics dictate, but we're a cordial group. This committee has a history of working together despite party divisions, and we must be cordial by now because we've travelled so much together.
Nevertheless, let's go to our witnesses. You're the reason we are here. I'm going to give you a brief introduction. What we normally do following this is that we give you up to 10 minutes to do your presentation. You don't have to take 10 minutes. You can take two minutes, you can take one, if you wish. Following that, we go to rounds of questions.
As a brief introduction, I want to welcome Catherine Lambert Koizumi, executive director of the Mi'gmaq Maliseet Aboriginal Fisheries Management Association. Thank you for joining us.
From the Miramichi River Environmental Assessment Committee, we have Mr. Harry Collins, executive director. From the Miramichi Watershed Management Committee, we have Deborah Norton, president; and from the Restigouche River Watershed Management Council, we have David LeBlanc, chief executive officer.
Have there been any documents distributed? We normally distribute them to the members, but we have this rule in the standing orders that if something is presented, such as any written submission from our guests, it has to be in both languages or we aren't allowed to distribute it, unless we get unanimous consent from the committee to accept it in one language. I think we have one in English. Do we have it en français?
Can I get unanimous consent from the committee to receive the input? It looks like we have consent.
That being said, Ms. Lambert Koizumi, we're going to let you go first, for up to 10 minutes. Thank you.