Thank you to our witnesses. We appreciate your coming here today.
Most of us represent large fishery ridings, with a lot of wharves, a lot of infrastructure, a lot of fishermen to deal with. I appreciate the difficulty you face with fishermen on the wharves when you're trying to collect your fees, and I hope you appreciate how difficult it is to keep our membership down to the ten minutes, seven minutes, or five minutes they've been allocated so that everyone gets a chance to ask a question.
Certainly I speak on behalf of the committee when I say that we recognize the difficult situation that the harbour authorities are in with regard to getting funding from governments. I know the $20 million that's now under the budget, the A-base funding, is needed. We realize, every one of us, from all the parties, that there is work to be done. The difficulty is finding that long-term funding and getting that long-term funding put in place.
I thank you for coming. I'm sure the members who had lots of questions, who needed more time, are going to stay and ask questions. Hopefully you'll be able to stay to answer them.
I'm going to adjourn the meeting. Thank you very much.