Thank you very much for inviting me. I want to pass things over to my colleague, councillor Jim Lane, but before I do, I'd like to thank the federal government for solving the capacity problems that we had with the Gulf ferry service in the 1990s. We now have that issue solved. I also want to thank the federal government for the announcement of a new ship. We have an aging vessel. We have a fleet of four, and we're really appreciative of that.
I have to go back to Mr. Jones. He spoke of winds of 120 kilometres an hour. That's only a good day for drying clothes where I'm from. We have seen winds of 180 to 200 this past winter.
I'm going to pass things over to my colleague, councillor Jim Lane.
Thank you.