Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much to our witnesses for being with us today.
Last week, I had the absolute pleasure of attending the Wolastoq water summit. It's the second year that we've had that, and we were actually hosting it in the Fredericton area. For me, it was the culmination of a lot of work that I've done over my lifetime, being involved in environmental movements. To share a room with folks who are working on invasive species or endangered species or watershed protection, the Maliseet Nation Conservation Council, the Nature Conservancy, the Nature Trust.... It was just incredible to see how much more support they have been receiving as of late. I would say that even in the last three years or so I've noticed such an increase, so it really felt like this is the work and this is how we bring together those experts on the ground and pull in that local expertise as well.
Can you just speak a little bit more about who these recipients are? What kind of work are they doing?