Thank you very much, witnesses, for appearing.
I'm not sure who to start with because you both talked about very interesting things.
You spoke last, Mr. Sullivan. We'll start with you. You were talking about local priority section and how important that is in empowering your communities and about coming up with solutions that fit your needs and are able to help the people within the community. You mentioned the current situation. In some cases you don't have a seat at the table; it's very difficult to get in. Maybe you could expand more about how local input is very important and how, when you have a need, whatever it may be, the community comes together. They start driving that forward rather than coming from the top down.