Fisheries committee  I'm sure Micheline will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe I mentioned earlier that if I were to think of the top three areas harbour authorities have asked us to help with, one is how to collect revenues and how to ensure that they're able to raise the funds they need. That

Fisheries committee  I know we have the figure on purchasing. I'd have to check with respect to the installation. As I said, some of that will have been done by our staff or by volunteers.

Fisheries committee  It will only take us a few minutes to explain things to you. Each region has its own priorities. Each of the regions prioritize their projects based on need and based on safety. Safety is actually the first one. With respect to need, we look at the number of fishers that use t

Fisheries committee  Do you mean dredging with respect to operations within a harbour? Yes, it does.

Fisheries committee  I believe Naufrage in P.E.I. is dredged on an annual basis. There may have been some done recently because of the tuna fishery. I would have to check specifically. I believe it's normally done in the spring as well.

Fisheries committee  Very much so; it's nice to be able to move the projects forward.

Fisheries committee  That was similar to the question that was asked with respect to what we need to do to keep it up to date. We don't have a precise number. We really have been trying so hard to get on with the projects. We have money to spend, which is nice. I don't mean to call it a problem, but

Fisheries committee  Absolutely. Micheline is more familiar with the details of how it works, but it is a five-year plan. It does look at what projects are going to be done this year and into the future. When I have been visiting in regions, people on the ground have amazed me that they know precis

Fisheries committee  Of the $200 million, $192 million has been spent on projects, or will be spent on projects, over the two years. The remainder of that, approximately a little less than $8 million, will be spent with respect to project management and other support for getting the projects done.

Fisheries committee  Not from Public Works, but we have extra staff. I can't remember the precise number. I believe it's 12, but I may be wrong, new engineers we are bringing on to enable us to carry out these projects.

Fisheries committee  I believe we pay for it through the administration costs.

Fisheries committee  I think in some cases they were actually installed by harbour authorities, but I'd have to check precisely. As I said, there were 250 projects. It varied by project.

Fisheries committee  I have to confess that I'm not as familiar with what it was. I know that now it takes a matter of weeks with respect to tendering. I know that we've worked very hard to try to ensure that our budgets are in place. Our deputy minister, for instance, is very keen on ensuring that o

Fisheries committee  First of all, I'd say I haven't been to a lot of harbours yet. To be honest, I was supposed to be in Newfoundland today to see some harbours. But the ones I've been to, it's really amazing to see the pride in the faces of the people who belong to the harbour authorities, and the

Fisheries committee  We have money announced for Pangnirtung. There have not been decisions with respect to future harbours. We have been talking and continue to talk to Nunavut about its priorities for the other six. To be very honest, this is new for us, to be building a harbour in the Arctic. Th