I'd just like to thank you for being here for us. I'd like to follow up on all this and talk about different models of what an independent agency might look like.
There is one agency that I'm personally familiar with through my past life as a biologist. I used to sit on the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, which is a body made up of representatives from federal, provincial, and territorial governments along with and indigenous and academic representatives. It provides advice to the federal government under legislation such as the Species at Risk Act, so it's independent in that sense. There's a secretariat that supports it in the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, so the support function is funded by the federal government.
I'm wondering if that sort of model will work. The only non-independence there is that the money supporting it is provided by the federal government, and if they don't provide enough money there are certain constraints that happen.
I wonder if all of you might want to comment on that kind of model. You mentioned the provinces and federal government coming together, and it's also very important that indigenous governments be represented. It's something we've heard time and time again in this day and age.