Welcome back, everyone.
Before we proceed, I would like to make a few comments for the benefit of the witnesses who just joined us.
Please wait until I recognize you by name before speaking. For those participating by video conference, click on the microphone icon to activate your mic, and please mute yourself when you are not speaking.
There is interpretation for those on Zoom, which means all the witnesses for this session. You have the choice at the bottom of your screen of floor audio, English or French.
Also, I simply want to remind members to be very careful when handling the earpieces, especially when your microphone or your neighbour's microphone is turned on. An earpiece that's placed too close to a microphone is one of the most common causes of sound feedback, which is extremely harmful to interpreters and causes serious injury.
Welcome, witnesses.
We have today, in our second panel, by Zoom, as an individual, Bathsheba Demuth, dean's associate professor of history and environment and society at Brown University. We also have Mr. Dennis Zimmermann, fish and wildlife consultant, Pacific Salmon Treaty Panel member, Big Fish Little Fish Consultants. From Beaver Village Council, we have Chief Rhonda Pitka, and from the the Council of Yukon First Nations, we have Elizabeth MacDonald.
We will begin with opening statements.
We'll go with Bathsheba Demuth for five minutes or less for an opening statement.