Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
I have not been on this committee, learning about the department's activities, for very long. I have realized that, despite increases in assistance year after year, the department has not been able to stop the wharves deteriorating nor to meet related needs. But you are hoping for more volunteers.
Do you have the feeling that the increases in your budget do not even meet increases in operating costs, indexed salaries and expenses that the department has to meet? Would it not be appropriate to look beyond indexing and to ask for a budget that would put an end to the deterioration of the wharves?