From my local government experience, but then also as an MP, I brought legislation forward to try to deal with the backlog and some of the recycling pieces. Unfortunately, that bill was blocked by the government last year, so I'm trying to find ways to bring some of its teachings from coastal communities into this bill. A whole bunch of marinas and harbour authorities from across the country endorsed my bill.
One of the pieces of it was borrowing the vessel turn-in program that Oregon and Washington pioneered as long as 10 years ago. That was one way they had to get rid of the backlog. It's equivalent to a “cash for clunkers” program like we've had in a bunch of our regions. Especially, it was recognized that you got a boat amnesty: within a certain number of years you can turn in your boat, in co-operation with your local government.
Is that something you've been hearing from your membership as a model, maybe, that some of the marinas on the U.S. side have had experience with and that has helped them deal with the backlog of old pleasure craft?