Thank you, Chair. To go back to the photos that the Ladysmith Maritime Society showed, I just want to strongly impress on the committee members that these boats showed up in Ladysmith when Port Metro Vancouver and Nanaimo Port Authority and Victoria did bylaw enforcement in their own areas. Then sometimes, when Ladysmith has done some extra bylaw enforcement or tried to find some resources, the problem got pushed out to Penelakut Island first nations reserve. This is where I've been calling and the Union of B.C. Municipalities has been calling for a comprehensive coast-wide solution, because it's not about giving local governments the ability to deal with the problem. The problem will just keep getting squeezed to the more remote regions. Is that a fair characterization of how Ladysmith got these votes, and of the authorities that you're hearing are being asked for in the community?
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