Thank you, Mr. Chair, and welcome to our guests.
First, I want to echo the comments of Mr. Matthews from Newfoundland and Labrador in relation to the dealings we had with the local personnel. Mr. Goulding and company have been second to none. I've only been here less than two years, and in my riding of Avalon I have 227 communities and 68 harbour authorities, so needless to say that file alone is a very busy file in my office, and we get great cooperation there. I guess it's like everything else, there's never enough money to deal with the situations you have out there.
If I could, I'd just like to ask this. In 2007-08, the report from the department on plans and priorities listed things such as fisheries renewal, international governance, aquaculture governance, oceans action plan, science renewal, Canadian Coast Guard rejuvenation, and environmental process modernization. It doesn't appear small craft harbours fits into any of these program priorities, so I'm wondering if you could elaborate for us why small craft harbours has not been identified as a stand-alone program priority.