Thanks very much, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to our guests today.
I think you can sense some frustration, and I'm sure those working in the department are frustrated as well. I have no doubt that your jobs would be much easier if we could solve this problem, particularly with respect to what my colleague said about the drinking water advisories.
I was in Calgary in June 2024 for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference when I was a municipal councillor. We heard the previous prime minister speak, and he was asked questions from the floor about drinking water advisories, so it has been an ongoing conversation. Conversation is great, but we need results, of course.
I'd like to ask about how the advisories work, because I think there might be a perception that when there's an advisory, it gets solved, it gets taken off the list and we're one down, and then we keep chugging along until we're at zero. In fact, my understanding is that new advisories can pop up depending on what the situation might be in a particular community. It might be that you get a step ahead, but then you take a step or two backward in another first nations community.
Could I ask the department to comment on how that tends to play out?