Thank you.
Currently, we have an emergency response division within our marine division. We have programs with the Coast Guard and Transport Canada. Long-term, sustainable funding has to be.... I know the funding with the CDCR program is running out and we don't know the longevity of where that program is going to be. That's important work we have been undertaking with the Canadian Coast Guard, to develop capacity for the Snuneymuxw marine division to get on the water and start taking action against derelict vessels.
That being said, long-term, sustainable funding to continue our programs is a main priority.
Regarding our continued partnership with the Canadian Coast Guard in the CDCR and the CPIIR, we're developing a communications portal with the Canadian Coast Guard to develop a response regime where first nations, DFO and the Canadian Coast Guard can respond in a timely way to incidents along the coast and along the east coast of Vancouver Island. To continue those partnerships as well as developing capacity within for us....
We have boats, gear, ROVs, drones and equipment. We have a whole list of equipment. We have CTD water quality management, so we can look at microparticles that entering the system. It's just having that longevity to develop those programs and that capacity.
We've been ongoing for two years with the Canadian Coast Guard with these programs, but they're two-year and one-year programs. We don't know if we can continue to support our community to advance within these and an important part of the process is that development.