Fisheries committee  Ms. Williams, it was a very nice visit that we had in your area this morning. Your father took me around on a tour and it was very interesting. You tell me that the harbour authority started in 1989 and that you were with them then. It's a pretty important piece of infrastructure, when you have no way to drive to a hospital or anywhere else.

Fisheries committee  We had a number of suggestions as to how to handle it.

Fisheries committee  No, not at all; you did an excellent job.

Fisheries committee  I appreciate your comments. What you're telling us is that what governments need to do is listen to the grassroots people. That's what you want to portray to this committee: listen to the people who make things happen.

Fisheries committee  I like your comments, and it's true that you have to listen to the people who make things happen. Mr. Wainwright, you indicated that you're dealing with a small population, I believe, but you mention that volunteers take care of your harbour. You have a lot of transient boats; in fact, you have international boats.

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Mayor, what you're telling the committee is that DFO in general increases your costs or creates great difficulty when you try to do something around the wharf areas. That's what you want to have on record here?

Fisheries committee  But you also mentioned, sir, common sense. Would you like to indicate to the committee that sometimes—not very often, but the odd time—there is an absence of common sense?

Fisheries committee  Do you have any trouble in this area? Is there enough room at your wharf? Do you have trouble with vessels that are abandoned? Would you have any recommendation on record for the committee to submit to the government in order to handle these situations, because you lose money in this situation?

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much. I thank everybody for coming. Mr. Schmidt, I'll continue with that line of questioning. I expect what you want on the record is that you want something done in a legal fashion. You want it in the report, and I'll let you word it, but you have a small problem compared to some with derelict vessels.

Fisheries committee  You want something in a recommendation that would come in on this report, would go to the minister, and that would make it easier for you to handle this. You're talking about the legal problems? That's what I'm trying to get at.

Fisheries committee  Mr. Sherrell and Mr. Schmidt, if I understood you correctly, you took over a harbour that was divested a second time. Is that correct? Somebody took it over and there was funding that came the second time also. Is that correct?

Fisheries committee  I didn't get to that, but I guess we don't have enough time.

Fisheries committee  Go ahead, and to anybody else.

Fisheries committee  For the lack of water.

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much. There's one thing I'm new to: prop-washing. What's that? I guess we should know. I don't know, so I'm asking.