Our normal approach would be to visit communities and engage directly with the leaders and elders. In this case, because of the circumstances, of course, we weren't able to do that, so there is a possibility that we didn't have the information we would have received if we were able to visit these communities. However, we did see evidence in the files of consultation by the department, phone calls and Zoom calls, etc., which isn't as useful in the grand scheme of things when you can visit, but under the circumstances, that's what we were left with.
On March 3rd, 2022. See this statement in context.