Thank you very much to all the witnesses for being here today.
I'd like to start with Dr. Lahey, about the study that he produced in Nova Scotia. I'm from British Columbia, as are Mr. Zimmer and Mr. Weiler and others. As you know, I'm an ecologist by trade, and I know things are very different across the country in different forests. Also, of course, there's a difference in terms of tenure and things like that. I think our forest tenures are almost 90% Crown, with very little in the way of private, except perhaps on Vancouver Island.
I'm just wondering if you could comment on how applicable your findings would be across the country. Some of the forests in my riding may have pretty high species diversity—10 species of trees. In others there may be only two or three. However, they do exhibit the same things you were talking about. When you let them proceed naturally, you get that very diverse stand, age and mix of species. When, of course, we clear-cut, we basically just get lodgepole pine here, pure and simple.
I'm just wondering if you could comment on how applicable those findings are across the country and whether you've had a lot of interaction with other colleagues from across the country on what the best way forward would be for forestry across Canada.