Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
Prince Edward Island is in a privileged situation with respect to collecting rock for breakwaters, which is not the case for the Magdalen Islands where the situation is much more difficult. However, you stated that $1.5 million is allocated for dredging for the whole of Quebec, of which $800,000 only goes to the islands.
I don't know if you have assessed the construction costs for seawalls in your ports. I am wondering if once the seawalls were built, you would then be able to save enough money out of that annual $800,000 to put into dredging. Building seawalls will reduce the cost of dredging and would protect your port infrastructures, but how many years would it take to recover the construction costs for those seawalls? Obviously if you have a breakwater and a seawall, your wharfs will be significantly protected and will last longer.
Do you have any studies on that?