Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you, Mr. Minister, for appearing before our committee today, and also to the members of the different departments as well. We certainly appreciate your being here to answer our questions.
I want to take my questioning on perhaps a different route than we've been this morning and talk a little bit about pest management control, and maybe ask some questions on that.
I think we all know that the environment and health have definitely been linked far more closely over the past year or so, and that this avenue is probably going to be continuing. I see in the estimates that you're seeking just over $3 million in additional funding for pest management control, so I'm wondering if you could maybe speak to that a little bit and tell us what that $3.4 million would be going towards and what you're maybe doing to allow newer, safer pest control products on the market. I think that's definitely been the thrust from communities, and local levels of government as well.