 Hello everyone, and thank you for the invitation to participate in this discussion. It's great to be talking about something that is incredibly important to Canadians, our oceans. We depend on nature. Over the last several months, many haven't been able to connect with nature or with our oceans. It's been difficult to not be together and to not be outside. Connecting with nature is a critical part of our lives. It is critical to our mental and physical health, and it is critical to our livelihoods. Thousands of people in Canada continue to work on the water despite the challenges of recent months. They support their families and build a good life for themselves. In so many ways, healthy oceans are an essential service. Even the test to diagnose COVID-19 comes from our oceans. It was developed with enzymes of microbes from deep sea hydrothermal vents. All benefit in some way from our oceans. But who can we ask for the responsibility to protect our oceans? The high sea covers the two-thirds of the ocean and more than half of the surface of the globe. It doesn't belong to anyone, but it belongs to everyone. We all have a role to play in the protection of the waters we share. Canada will always be part of the country, as in the entire world. We have mobilized global leaders in the framework of the G7 to establish the Charlevoix Action Plan for the Health of Oceans, Seas and Resilient Coastal Communities. In collaboration with Kenya, we have worked to help strengthen ocean economies in developing countries thanks to the Blue Economy Conference. And this year, we must meet on a new global treaty to protect marine biodiversity in the high seas. This initiative has increased. A few months ago, I might have said that protecting the high seas will take global collaboration the world has not seen in modern times. Well today, we're in the middle of a global pandemic, and we now know what true global collaboration looks like. The pandemic is bringing the world together in a new way. It is showing in real time just how much we depend on one another. This pandemic has also highlighted socio-economic and environmental challenges that cross our borders. When we think about the future, we should all take the initiative to build a more fairer and more sustainable world. Investing in our oceans as a solution to favor resilience and economic recovery is just the beginning. We must also work in partnership with the Indigenous leaders. We must make sure that the women we have depended on throughout this pandemic are the first to rise up at the time of recovery. We must understand and respect the natural world that is at the heart of everything we do. All these elements are interrelated. The decisions we make now will chart the course of our world over the next few decades. That's why this moment is so important. You cannot have a plan for the economy if you do not have a plan for the environment. This is truer now more than ever before. These challenges demand that we all step up, that we work together, united as one for the benefit of all. Canada is committed to working with you to do just that. Thank you.