Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to thank our witnesses for appearing. I think most of us on the fisheries committee have a pretty good understanding of most of the challenges that our small craft harbours face, and that our harbour masters face in particular.
Listening to Mr. Desrape speaking about the Îles-de-la-Madeleine, I just want to revisit that for a moment. When we were out to the Îles-de-la-Madeleine, one of the challenges that we saw there if you're building breakwaters is the lack of rock. You would have some of those same challenges in Prince Edward Island. I'm quite concerned that you're dredging once a year, or an annual basis sometimes several times a year. It would make a lot more sense to do a business plan based on your tide and your currents, and where your sand is being deposited, and build your breakwaters.
Have you tried to figure that out? I know cost is a problem here. I would assume you'd have to build that out of cement and make your rock up out of cement. Have you considered that? Have you priced it out and done the business plan over a period of time versus what it would cost you to try to bring the rock from the mainland?