Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, again, for all the important information you've provided to us today.
I want to bring it all together with this point. We know that, on average, if we look at every year, we see—and this is a very rough number—that for every one vessel that's cleaned up, five are being abandoned right now in British Columbia. Those are extraordinary numbers. We can see that what we're doing is not meeting the need.
The other point I was going to mention is that, in particular, we're seeing the impacts in some of our local communities. In my riding of Nanaimo—Ladysmith, along the coast of Ladysmith, there are vessel graveyards that are getting bigger and bigger. I know we're also seeing a problem in Gonzales Bay.
Perhaps I'll start with you, Mr. Dahli, and then, Mr. Peart, if we have time. Can you speak to how important it is that we have a comprehensive national strategy in place that would take into account first nations, municipalities, the provinces and the federal government, all working together to address this issue?