As far as taxes, I know in the Maritimes and gulf region we had to deal with that in New Brunswick; in Nova Scotia we're exempt. In New Brunswick we were successful in changing that. I believe we're exempt in Prince Edward Island as well. There may be challenges in some of the other regions, but the harbour authorities generally don't face the issue of taxes of the structures.
There were some issues with previous bills, and as I say, I can't speak in detail for the other regions.
From the Maritimes and gulf perspective, other than dollars, which come to the forefront every time--and I know dollars aren't the answer to everything, but the dollars will address a lot of the issues--there's enforcement, as I mentioned earlier. Fee collection we've talk about. We're harbour authorities without an authority. We're running the government facilities, and if you end up with an operational issue it's not just fee collection, they are operational issues of the harbour and the vessel that's tied there. Down goes the volunteer and you have to deal with or address the issue.
The vessel's in a spot where it's creating an issue. What abilities do we have to deal with that? In many cases, especially the Maritimes and gulf region, these people live in the communities; you know them. They could be relatives, and you're trying to deal with it. You don't have the ability to do it. If you look at harbour ports and other things, there are allowances for that. We've talked about people with fee collection becoming a debt to the crown, but that wouldn't really solve a whole lot of issues, because in that particular situation the funds would go there and not to the harbour authority.
But there has to be some ability, some enforcement mandate. Whether it comes under conservation and protection as an expansion of their role, there has to be some support for the volunteers. You can't necessarily be asking the volunteers to do it. We've done that. People have to duck punches on the wharves, so that's a pressing issue.
Another thing we're seeing, and I don't think we've mentioned too much about it here today yet, is the expansion of aquaculture and the impacts that's having in the Maritimes and gulf region, and I know in other regions. It's revenue generation and everything. But again, when that's occurring it's having a significant impact on our small craft harbours facilities, just to address the needs of the aquaculture industry and how we work with that.
I'll turn it over now to any of the others.