Thank you very much, Mr. Donnelly.
Normally what we do in a day of witnesses is take the first hour for testimonies and questions to witnesses, and then we do the same with a different set of witnesses for the second hour of the meeting. However, we decided, because of the gravity of the issue and the people we are discussing this with, that we're going to provide a full two-hour block for this. You will have your 10 minutes to open with, and then we'll proceed with the questions until 5:30 p.m. eastern time.
That being said, I will introduce our guests. From the Canadian Wildlife Federation, we have Dr. David Browne, director of conservation; as well as Dr. Nick Lapointe, senior conservation biologist, freshwater ecology. You will have 10 minutes for your group.
We also have, as an individual, Dr. Brett Favaro, research scientist at the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland. He, of course, is no stranger. He was here just recently, and he joins us by video conference.
Finally, we have Dr. Martin Olszynski, assistant professor, faculty of law, an affiliated faculty at the Canadian Institute of Resources Law at the University of Calgary. Thank you for joining us, sir.
We'll go now to the Canadian Wildlife Federation for 10 minutes.