Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  I would ask you to maintain the status quo and make sure that the federal inventory of harbours in western Canada is looked after. I think if you want fish production to grow, then you have to put money into new harbours. There are lots of opportunities. I'm sure we can produce 7

Fisheries committee  Well, I hope it doesn't happen. I think that's the whole purpose of seeing you people today, trying to get on the agenda to make that presentation to you to say that we appreciate the federal involvement in our community. It's fantastic, and we thank you for that.

Fisheries committee  I guess we have friends in high places. It's been a long-term program in Gimli, and a lot of hard work has been done. I think the situation of Gimli, in western Canada on the lake, makes us very different, and that fishing is a powerful draw to people. We have people coming fro

Fisheries committee  I think you're speaking to the south side of the harbour, the south basin, and I think there was three-level government participation--the RM of Gimli, the provincial government, and the federal government--to build the facility on that side. But everything else here is federal a

Fisheries committee  That's on the far side, and we'd like to see that brought into our harbour authority.

Fisheries committee  This section that you see in front is in the harbour authority.

Fisheries committee  The ownership on the south side is...I suppose it's three widths. I suppose the federal government owns the water lot and perhaps the land. But those are the things that I think are in consideration or in negotiation as far as the land issues are concerned.

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  The town owns it, but we're managing it.

Fisheries committee  We're managing it for them, yes.

Fisheries committee  Thank you. The purpose of my visit here this morning is just to restate the intention in Gimli to continue with the federal harbour. We've had a very nice program here for well over a century. There are lots of fishermen here. It's probably the premier fishing port in western Ca

Fisheries committee  The first dock, the harbour? I think the first harbour in front of the hotel here was built in 1900, five years in advance of the railway coming to Gimli.

Fisheries committee  I would say it's been a significant presence. I would think it makes Gimli completely different from most western Canadian opportunities you might visit.

Fisheries committee  Good morning, Mr. Chairman, fellow colleagues, and ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for coming to Gimli. My name is David Olson. I'm a member of the Gimli Harbour Authority, and I just want to take a little bit of time to speak to you all about the national presence in Gimli and