Thank you very much, and welcome, ladies and gentlemen. You do a great job. I was here when this was established. I don't know that I was the biggest fan of harbour authorities at the time, but I think it turned out to be a pretty efficient way of handling things. I think the people who know best are the ones who walk on the wharves and know exactly what the problems are.
I want to also welcome the people behind you. I want to also make sure to say that you're representing a lot of great people right across the country who do an awful lot of work for nothing. We all know and appreciate that.
I have a lot of questions and a short time.
You mentioned that there are 237 harbour authorities in your area. You mentioned a figure--I don't know if you knew the figure--which was what you thought it would take to put the harbours back in reasonable shape. That figure is not available, is it?
I forget who it was who indicated, I think, that there was a $200,000 job that became a $1.5 million job, and that's what happens when the face of the wharf allows the water to go in behind, and the ice.... I'd just like you to explain what happens when the dollars are not spent. That $200,000 can become a one- or two-million dollar tab for the government. It is a disgrace for government to have dilapidated wharves around the country.
I'd just like you to comment on that first, Osborne, and anybody else who wishes to.