Thank you, Chair.
I'll leave this open to whomever is best to respond. That might be easier.
My question is around a major concern I'm hearing from many of the leading voices, like former chief and chair of the First Nations Wild Salmon Alliance, Bob Chamberlin. The key concern is around the government's Pacific salmon initiatives, specifically that the DFO is not providing long-term stable funding for projects throughout the life cycle of salmon. Constituents are worried about the future of salmon. There's uncertainty, when funding doesn't match this life cycle.
Could you share, with this emergency in mind, why funding isn't matching the long-term needs of these salmon populations?