Thank you all for coming before the committee today.
I'm new to this committee, filling in for Dr. Carolyn Bennett, so I hope you'll bear with me on my questions.
Pierre, Rick, and Nadim, you've all talked about the value of land use planning, and I know about that from my former career. You probably understand the resources, financial and human, that are required to adequately address proper planning issues—the investigating, the experts you have to bring before you to talk about the impact. Paul spoke of the thousands of kilometres of coastline and millions of acres that are at stake here.
Do you feel that their request for proper funding to adequately execute their responsibilities is a fair one? If there is an inadequacy in the legislation right now, do you feel that it should be addressed and amended?