Fisheries committee  The Regional District of Mount Waddington includes pretty much the northern end of Vancouver Island and over onto the mainland. It would include the communities of Sointula, Alert Bay, Port Hardy, Port McNeill. As far as the geographic area, Quatsino Sound, we start—

Fisheries committee  We're a regional level. There's federal, provincial. We're regional. We would be municipal, I guess, if you put us in a category.

Fisheries committee  I think that would be my conclusion. That was the big problem: one group was getting rid of docks and the people who needed to use the docks, fishers and others, had no say in it. So if you had a DFO dock, you were in a lot better shape than if you were just a Transport Canada do

Fisheries committee  We're speaking of the same wharf.

Fisheries committee  Actually, I neglected to mention that in my area, the hamlet of Quatsino, there remains the last Transport Canada dock maintained by Transport Canada. In answer to your question, it's my understanding--and I spent a lot of time with this with the previous group--that after a ce

Fisheries committee  First of all, the regional district wasn't given any money. The community club, the Coal Harbour Community Club, was given, I believe, $550,000 originally. That was the agreement, and they could use the interest. Dave spoke to the process. It's my understanding that the final dec

Fisheries committee  No. Neither the Coal Harbour nor the Quatsino docks were part of the small craft harbours directorate.

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much. I guess the first point I would make is that small craft harbours are really key to all coastal communities, historically, culturally, economically. I think Dave Schmidt spoke to a classic case of what happens when things break down and you lose that kind of

Fisheries committee  I'm Rod Sherrell, the chair of the board of the Regional District of Mount Waddington.