Fisheries committee  It's tough to put a number on it, but I would say certainly the majority of it. Even when you look at some of the surface materials—

Fisheries committee  I would say virtually all of it. Part of it has to do with the capping of the site. The site has to be capped for environmental reasons, so we've been able to use the process of this program to make choices as to how to do the capping, in a way that satisfies the Ministry of the

Fisheries committee  Perhaps I'll try to answer, and Marjorie can assist as need be. To confirm the first question, the $3.1 million that's been spent does come out of the $15 million. That's not an extra on top. The MIII moneys that come from the province are on top of the $15 million, but of cours

Fisheries committee  The gas tax moneys have been greatly appreciated, because we do have some very serious issues. The road issues and the bridge issue are, as Mayor Ellis mentioned, where our priorities are. I think we'll find that throughout the community there are going to be some extremely impor

Fisheries committee  We have talked about that. We've talked about the operating costs or the longer-term liability costs with DFO staff, and they've been very sympathetic to our concerns. We've had an excellent working relationship with the staff, and they've been very cognizant of our concerns. The

Fisheries committee  Yes. The council was very aware of those facts and was very aware of what we'll call long-term liabilities. They made the decision to proceed regardless because of the importance of the harbour to the city. Perhaps Mayor Ellis might want to comment on why that was done.

Fisheries committee  Certainly inflation will have had some effect, but the remedial actions we need to take are probably more sophisticated and certainly involve a greater degree of study and assessment than was anticipated at the very beginning. It's probably the standard, more than any other facto

Fisheries committee  Perhaps I could respond to that question. No, certainly the intention of the small crafts harbours program was clear, and the opportunity was presented. But the challenges we were facing were certainly well known. Fortunately, Lyle Vanclief, a previous member for our riding, wa

Fisheries committee  Yes, I think so. Certainly the community, I believe.... Maybe Mayor Ellis can speak to that question in terms of the community.

Fisheries committee  Yes. Our intention is that at the end of this process we will take ownership of the federal assets.

Fisheries committee  Council has not made the decision to do so yet, although it's within their mandate to make that decision. At the moment it's administered by one of our departments under Marjorie Buck.

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  We have them in place today. As far as what they might become, Marjorie can speak to how that might be determined.

Fisheries committee  Yes, that's an interesting question about provincial participation. The provincial government, through the initial years, did not have a role to play in this. It wasn't that we wouldn't have sought their participation. There simply was no program or opportunity for us to pursue

Fisheries committee  No, they did not. When we started to develop some of our risk management plans for how to deal with the contaminants on the site, the nature and the degree to which these provincial changes in policy were going to impact us became apparent. We did actually ask ministry staff to c