First, I think I can say on behalf of all the committee how much we appreciate each and every one of you for your leadership in fighting for wild salmon. As the only Vancouver Islander, I can't thank you enough for the work that each and every one of you is doing. It makes me proud.
The Pacific salmon secretariat and restoration centre of expertise was recently announced in the budget. None of us knows what that looks like and what that means, but I think, Mr. Angel, you talked about how important it is that indigenous people not be left out of this. It needs to be government to government to government in terms of the structure.
We hear Wickaninnish. He says he doesn't want to co-manage because that just means consultation. He wants to jointly manage in moving forward.
Can you speak about how critical the structure of this is in relation to that model?