Fisheries committee  I think it was small craft harbours directorate that was making that amount of money available for development on the north coast.

Fisheries committee  I believe it was for the whole coast.

Fisheries committee  It's hard to say. I guess the other communities had a better pitch than we did.

Fisheries committee  No. In 1993 the Alert Bay breakwater replacement conceptual design alternative study was completed by Government Services Canada, for us. We actually had a committee with representatives from the Department of Indian Affairs, the small craft harbours program, and Employment Canada, and we were really going great guns with the planning, but there was no money.

Fisheries committee  Very little. We don't really have any resources coming from them for management of the old breakwater. The Municipality of Alert Bay of course have their continuing relationship with them, as they are now responsible for the new breakwater in Alert Bay.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the opportunity to present to you and your committee the situation we find ourselves in at Alert Bay. I'm not sure if you all know, but Alert Bay is an island not even a quarter mile off Vancouver Island. It's split into two parts: one half of the island is the municipality of Alert Bay, and the other half of the island is the Indian reserve, the 'Namgis First Nation.

Fisheries committee  I'm Chief Bill Cranmer, 'Namgis First Nation, Alert Bay, B.C.