Science and Research committee  That's actually a great question. CoCoRaHS in general has a very robust QA/QC process. Every single report is put through that process to make sure it is accurate. We have had to close some stations because people were using it to push a narrative. We don't do that immediately.

Science and Research committee  ECCC has a network of weather stations across the country. All of them are more technologically advanced, whether it's a tipping bucket by weight—and those are established across the country—but ECCC actually uses the CoCoRaHS network to do QA/QC and to bulk out the precipitation data that they get.

Science and Research committee  On the CoCoRaHS website, there is an interactive map where every single report from every station is a colour-coded dot depending on how much precipitation was reported that day, from zero to however high the precipitation is. You can zoom out and see a complete map of North America and see all of the reports that were done for that day, or you can zoom in to where you are and you can click on every single dot on the map and it tells you exactly what was reported, and if there were any comments.

Science and Research committee  The federal government has many channels to get awareness out there. The first problem is that people don't know these things exist. I am sure there are plenty of people across the country who would be interested in joining any sort of citizen science program, no matter if it's bird identification, helping with the watershed or doing precipitation reporting.

Science and Research committee  As far as the government is concerned, I can't really speak on that, but I know that in the States, they have somewhere between five and 15 local coordinators per state. For example, Massachusetts is a relatively small state, but there are six local coordinators just for that state.

Science and Research committee  Mainly, right now, we're focusing on expanding into the territories, because we have one observer in Nunavut, two in the Northwest Territories and one in Yukon. The north is a very important place to get weather data, especially when looking into things like climate change, so we're focusing on and really pushing into the north.

Science and Research committee  You are currently looking at the entire staff of CoCoRaHS Canada. It's just me working for the organization. I also have my ECCC contact, Rick Fleetwood, who has been with the organization since it started in Canada. He has been indispensable. Sadly, he retired around October of last year.

Science and Research committee  Hello. Thank you for allowing me to speak in front of you today. It is an honour. Today I'm representing Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network Canada, from here on in referred to as CoCoRaHS Canada. This is an international precipitation reporting network that has thousands of volunteers in the U.S., Canada and the Bahamas.