Thank you so much, Chair, and thank you for your indulgence.
Professor Farrell, I'll direct my one question to you.
I live right near the mighty Cowichan River here on Vancouver Island, a river we're all very proud of. My community is investing substantial dollars, as is the federal government, in building up a weir at the lake, so we can hold more lake supply back and have better environmental flows over the very dry and hot July, August and September months.
In terms of the $647 million allocated to save wild salmon in the budget, what are some of your top priorities? What do you think of projects like building up weirs so we can have those better environmental flows, so salmon that are migrating up the river during those months have a better chance of survivability?