That's absolutely accurate and the Narrows group also wrote a letter to this commission objecting to the change. I had a written presentation but I scrapped it. By the way, our provincial tourism minister just announced last week that our tourism industry is nearing a billion dollars. Our tourism industry is getting stronger all the time.
A paragraph from the Narrows group in support of my objection reads:
The Narrows Group was established to address concerns in the district and to develop guidelines for future development. Fort Amherst and Outer Battery are under similar development pressures, are similar with respect to tourism, share common aspects of history (military, fisheries), and have a long established history of settlement but with a small population base. Being able to work together with a credible group of stakeholders on the Narrows Group provides us with a larger, more effective voice to address issues.