Environment committee  Yes, and it's poorly understood. I think some of the fisheries people say that we've cut back phosphorus too much. I don't believe that myself, although it might be part of the answer. I think they've stocked too many fish. I think they've stocked large numbers of fish without

Environment committee  I would try to break down some of the silos. I think the fisheries should be managed not only as fisheries, but to improve the quality of the water. Farming policy should include not only the economic value of the produce, but also its impact on the lakes. The lakes, and the

Environment committee  I guess my reservation is that we did set loading targets, we met them, and the concentrations fell to where we thought they needed to fall, yet we still have the problems locally. I am uncertain in my own mind to what extent those problems are because of the changing food web in

Environment committee  Yes. The lakes are unique, and even the drainage basins are unique. For example, for the non-point sources, let's take the basin of a river with maybe hundreds of farms in it. Some of those farms could change their practices and it would have almost no effect. Other farms on

Environment committee  Yes, I still have some projects going. I'm finding it hard to pull away too quickly.

Environment committee  My funding now, and it's been pretty much the same way in the past, is from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council for the more basic research part. I also get funding from the Ontario government through the Canada-Ontario agreement.

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  I've been included in some of the discussions, but I don't know the document in detail.

Environment committee  Yes, in that all the funding I've received from them has been in that area.

Environment committee  Yes. I was on their science advisory board for approximately six or seven years. I chaired it until recently. Jeff Ridal has taken over that job for me.

Environment committee  The commission is very carefully binational. Everything is co-chaired by a Canadian and an American. All committees have equal numbers of Canadians and Americans. We have two new Canadian commissioners. We still have a vacancy; we should have three commissioners. The two new ap

Environment committee  Well, I don't know whether Canada has pressured the United States in that direction, but I know that recently, starting approximately three years ago or something in that timeframe, the Great Lakes has had a Great Lakes restoration initiative with very major funding. A lot of tha

Environment committee  I know of it, but I don't know a great deal about it.

Environment committee  Thank you. I'm going to start with a list of issues, not because I'm going to cover them all, but rather because I want to emphasize that most of the Great Lakes issues we're concerned about are related, both in terms of their ultimate causes and also in terms of possible manag