The Coast Guard Auxiliary, particularly for indigenous people and for remote communities, has moved forward in a very meaningful way both in the Arctic and on the west coast since the implementation of OPP.
For example, on the west coast, we have worked with indigenous communities to form a board to oversee the implementation of the auxiliary. We're now consulting with individual communities. It's not something we want to force on anybody; it's something we want to give the communities the opportunity to participate in. Last year, the community boats program delivered four boats to communities that may not otherwise have been able to participate in the auxiliary. That increased by a significant number this year. I think we confirmed 13 boats this past year.
In the Arctic, we have used the existing framework to expand auxiliary training into many communities. I have the number 16 in my head—if I'm wrong on that, I'll correct it later, sir.
The last point, going back to the west coast for a second, is that our training programs have now trained over 50 indigenous participants from 30 different communities. This means that 30 communities now have very capable, well-trained people to go and respond. You may have heard the story before—I ask your forgiveness if I'm repeating it—but we trained some folks from the Prince Rupert area. Within weeks of them going back to their community, I was in one of our helicopters when they called us and said they had just used their training to find somebody they wouldn't have found otherwise.