That's fantastic.
Thank you to the IT folks for the view of the room there.
Thanks to all of our witnesses for joining us for this study. It's a really interesting one.
I was remarking at one of our last meetings about how different the context is across Canada. We're talking about recreational boating and its impact on aquatic environments, and a lot of that seems to be a result of high density of use. There are many parts of northern Canada where the density of use by recreational boaters is exceptionally low, so I would assume that the impacts are consequently low as well.
Listening to Dr. Rennie's and Dr. Vermaire's testimonies, it sounds like there's really a proven link between intensive use by pleasure craft and these impacts on shorelines and on the aquatic environment.
In your view, is the extent of the impacts worth a concerted federal approach to regulating recreational boating to minimize those impacts?