My first step was to personally send a letter to the owners of the 368 properties. It contained a series of questions designed to better understand what these people were experiencing. My first question was whether they thought there was erosion on their property.
As I said earlier, I was elected last year. The process is in place now. A committee has just been created, and I think it is entitled to autonomy. It's probably going to move in that direction, in other words, do a characterization of each property.
However, how much value does a characterization of a property done by its owner have? The necessary investments will need to be made to get expert advice and ensure that the process is more objective and credible. Let's get this right. That's more or less what I was telling my constituents as recently as Monday night. In short, we have just started the process.
It's important to remember that the program was cut in 1997. I was mayor from 1999 to 2008 and, during those years, people were asking us about shoreline erosion. I must point out that the situation wasn't what it is today. People are now seeing that the danger is at their door, or at their shoreline.