Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I’d like to thank all the witnesses for coming, especially those who travelled here.
Ms. Beisner, you’re co‑director of Canada’s largest freshwater ecology research network, which is something. The Interuniversity Research Group in Limnology, or GRIL, is indeed one of the leading networks on an international scale. You head a team of scientists, but you also publish popular science articles, in which you communicate your knowledge to readers.
Have you seen a growing interest not only from academia, but also from the general public, in the issues you deal with?