Thank you.
Thank you to all the witnesses here today. This is such an important topic, and we have some very informed witnesses.
I would like to ask Dr. Gonzalez and Dr. Kerr a question about citizen science in the environmental-ecological realm.
How important are the long-time series and vast geography that we face in Canada? My question is simple: How can the federal government promote this? There seems to be such a dramatic shift in the amount of data we get and the need to effect policy. How can the federal government best support citizen science? Is it by funding coordinators from NGOs? Is it having scientists on staff who go out and promote this?
How can we best take advantage of citizen science as we face the biodiversity crisis we are in?