Environment committee  The conservation authority's. We have our own fisheries biologist on staff.

Environment committee  —go on the website.

Environment committee  We just had a case under the Fisheries Act where an individual applied to build up a causeway, fill in a causeway, and went to the website. One of the questions is, “Is there any fisheries habitat?” His response was no. We found out after he had a permit that it turns out to be p

Environment committee  I wish I had a picture of the whole site, because it's a huge site. We're talking about an area of probably 50 hectares of saturated arsenic soils that have to be removed and contained. Over the years, the provincial government, through the Ministry of the Environment, has done a

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  For the last 10 years we have partnered with the federal government to deliver the Fisheries Act. The hardest part is that we still want to ensure that the act is used properly to ensure the protection of our waterways in our watersheds. Where we used to have federal staff availa

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  We just lost the last biologist two weeks ago. So, we're basically.... Our biologists do the work and the....

Environment committee  With the Bay of Quinte, it's 100% local, provincial, and federal government involvement, no U.S. involvement.

Environment committee  They were all local targets set up by the Bay of Quinte remedial action plan. They are similar targets to those developed with the United States. There's a similar theme through all of the areas.

Environment committee  That's what we're telling everybody, and we think it's a very realistic target.

Environment committee  No. We're probably getting better involvement from the public. We are getting better-educated municipal governments, and we're still getting full support from provincial and federal agencies.

Environment committee  Yes, based on the economic climate that we're dealing with. The Bay of Quinte area has been very fortunate. Funding from all levels has been adequate to get us where we are, and I think to take us where we're going.

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  Extremely important. We have access to a lot of the staff expertise.