Environment committee  I'm sorry, your question was, when we had the full-time...?

Environment committee  We had one suitable board meeting where we had quorum.

Environment committee  Personally, I'm not aware of how much was originally established. Basically this recommendation is from the appendix that is to be submitted later on.

Environment committee  As a NACOSAR coordinator, I do have some discretion, but my vision is where I want to see the council go. One of the first steps we need to take is to establish quorum. We need to have the appointments from the minister announced as soon as possible. We also need to have a meeti

Environment committee  I'm going to defer to Lola. She's tied into the legal aspect of the act and she has more experience than I do.

Environment committee  We last had a full-time coordinator on March 31, 2009, basically a year ago. Then we had an interim coordinator, who was basically a person with an administrative background, filling the position just to keep communication going. There was a bit of overlap between her and my star

Environment committee  Exactly.

Environment committee  If you'll excuse me for a second, I'm just going to call someone up to confer with.

Environment committee  Lola Antonius will respond to that question. Thank you.

Environment committee  That's a good question. My description of the council is that basically you have individuals who have been involved in the Species at Risk Act for approximately 10 or 15 years, a much longer time than the five or six years that SARA has been in place. You have a body of individ

Environment committee  You brought up a number of different points there. I don't think Environment Canada has interfered with NACOSAR. Environment Canada and NACOSAR haven't engaged each other meaningfully. They're at more of an intervening level rather than an influential level. The council is basi

Environment committee  There has never been intervention by Environment Canada to change a decision. Perhaps I'm coming across incorrectly. Environment Canada has been invited to the meetings to provide support as a secretariat. That is their duty to NACOSAR, to provide secretariat support.

Environment committee  I believe the budget is $650,000 for NACOSAR.

Environment committee  That's right.

Environment committee  I'll have to take the question under advisement.