Thank you, Ms. May.
I believe we can come to a consensus over a framework. To put it in simple terms, for instance, our organization has called it watershed CPR: conserve, protect and restore. I believe Canadians want to conserve the west coast way of life. They want to see British Columbia's salmon survive into the future. As many witnesses have testified, we're on the brink. We need to protect those watersheds where the salmon live, in their habitat. We need to restore in some of those areas. Whether it be the lower Fraser or the upper Fraser or the Skeena or the Bulkley or the Nass or on the island, we need to restore where we've caused damage through industrial projects or human habitat. We now know that investment in watersheds will have co-benefits, not just for salmon but for people as well. It's those areas, I believe, that members of the committee feel are incredibly important and a good use of tax dollars.
Another very important issue is that Canadians want members of the committee and members of the government to be fiscally prudent with their tax dollars and investments. That is something where the federal government could play a role with the provincial counterparts, with indigenous governments, with the private sector, with fishing industries, with fishermen and with community-based organizations. You could leverage the investment that the federal government makes and it could go sevenfold with counter-investments or investments from other entities. I think that's where—