The revenue issue on these harbours is interesting. Just as an example, we have the Steveston Harbour Authority, which is a very successful harbour authority in British Columbia and is in my riding. They generate a fair amount of revenue and maintain the facility fairly well, but they can't afford the dredging to keep the harbour open. That's the case in Ladner harbour, also in my riding; it's also the case in the Annieville harbour, which is adjacent to my riding.
It's fine to talk about downloading responsibility to the harbour authorities, but if the department simply walks away from its obligation to keep those harbours open, it doesn't do a hell of a lot of good. I have instances and can document where vessels have had to wait until high tide to unload because the harbour is in dire need of dredging, and where ships and fishing vessels continually go aground, again because of lack of dredging.
What is the intention of the department to deal with that very critical issue?