Thanks.
We've talked at this table before about the $40,000, and the thing we have to realize is that $40,000 doesn't do much of a project any more. Most of the time what we have to do in the harbours is take a project and break it down into pieces so that we don't exceed that limit. Through the NHAAC process, we came up with what would be a suitable number, which would be about $200,000 for projects for harbour authorities.
I'm in a small community, and it's very important to my community that we be able to do our work and do the projects in our harbour with community members. We would like to keep that money. We don't want to see Public Works come in with their bids. We would like that competition to be within our community.
We do need to get that number up there. Forty thousand dollars is not enough. Of course, in my previous testimony we did ask for it before, and it was reduced when we asked. Maybe I should ask for it to be reduced and maybe it will go up. I'm not sure what the strategy is here, but clearly we do need to get it up to a reasonable level where harbour authorities are able to manage their own projects.
If you want bang for the buck, that's the best way to do it. We all realize that.