Witnesses, I'll echo the sentiments of the members around the room. We certainly appreciate the time you've taken to prepare your submissions and bring them to us. I also want to echo the statements from Mr. Donnelly about the time frame and deadlines that have been imposed on us here, such that we had to trim our witness list requests significantly. We're having a struggle obtaining the online submissions in a timely manner so that we can include them in our report. I certainly appreciate the time you've made, and I hope you can appreciate the value of having you here.
One of the first things I'd like to address is the act prior to 2012 and the act after 2012. I was familiar with fisheries issues, and one that I followed closely was the gravel extraction on the Lower Fraser River and the issues that were taking place there. In some cases, millions of pink salmon eggs were killed when portions of the river were dammed for gravel extraction.
I'm wondering, Mr. Schindler, if you have any history with that. If you do, then could you explain why the old act wasn't able to prevent that at that point in time?