Mr. Speaker, I welcome the question because certainly the issue of saving life at sea is an extremely important one and I know the member speaks with conviction. I would remind him, however, the program did begin when a certain senator from British Columbia was responsible for it at that time.
I will apply exactly the same criteria with respect to the Newfoundland and Labrador light stations with respect to staffing as I did on the west coast. I point out that there has been a long trend with respect to this. Two hundred and twelve of the two hundred and sixty-four light stations we had twenty-five years ago have currently been destaffed—