Madam Chair, we contribute $10 million, but we are $10 million short. I can say that eight Great Lakes U.S. senators raised the issue with the Canadian ambassador in 2016. This past spring, the U.S. Great Lakes task force met with a Canadian MP and a Canadian senator and again raised the chronic underfunding issue.
What is the minister's response to these American concerns that the current government has known of for over five years?