My sense would be that the Public Works officials have their own departmental responsibilities and work to do. If small craft harbours is expecting to do their work, it probably slows down the process somewhat. I'm not sure if that's correct, but that would be my sense of it. You almost need your own people.
Every year we run into a problem, particularly in climates that are not conducive to doing work later in the fall. If we don't roll it out in my province now, a lot of the work is not going to get done again this year. Then we have the carry-over problems. To make it more efficient and to work the way we want it, you would almost need that expertise within small craft harbours, Newfoundland and Labrador region.
Of course you can't make the minister announce before he's ready to announce, but you know what I'm saying. If the minister is a bit late announcing the program, getting the press releases out, and small craft harbours has to engage Public Works engineering expertise for the projects, then we have too many carry-overs. I'm sure you're aware of that. I'm not saying that to be overly critical, but those are the facts of life. Every year there are projects where funding is approved but we don't get the work done.
Are you considering building up your own expertise so you don't have to rely on Public Works?