Thank you very much.
Thank you for the presentation.
I would argue that government and levels of government have actually been working well to try to promote citizen science, engagement with the science community and engagement with citizens particularly. I say that only because, contrary to my colleague, Mr. Dan Mazier, I feel actually very privileged and comforted by the fact that there is an engagement. That's why we're even having this committee. That was provided by our former colleague and chair.
My point to this is that in my community there's a conservation area called the Rattray Marsh. We have a huge number of people who are engaged in bird watching, engaged with local authorities to try to protect and revitalize our waterfront and to protect those airsheds and watersheds. Their engagement to repopulate some of the species within an area that for years was an industrial area on that waterfront, to revitalize and rehabilitate the area, and to bring the creek back up to its natural state, is very rewarding. It's very rewarding for the community as well.
I compliment you on putting forward some of the initiatives that you've had to enable them to have a portal by which to share information, be it information about peregrine falcons that some of the industry groups are promoting, or even the citizens who are looking at the migration of a number of other species.
My question is very simple. How do you become a citizen scientist? What is that? We're talking about it, but how does one actually say, I'm a citizen scientist? What do you do?