Fisheries committee  Again, based on our knowledge of what's been proposed, that would probably be the lower end of the scale.

Fisheries committee  Thank you. Good morning. Like my colleagues from Parks Canada, we are very pleased to be here today to assist in the SCOFO review of Bill S-220. Canadian lighthouses, which date back to the 18th century, were built to ensure marine navigational safety. Many of Canada's lighth

Fisheries committee  I'll ask Robert to add, but principally it's to support the commercial fishing industry. But there are of course other users. Do you want to add something?

Fisheries committee  I think it's a good idea to combine that perspective with our vision because, eventually, with the transfer of small craft harbours to the private sector, for example, greater emphasis could be placed on commercial developments. That could put requests and resources in a slightly

Fisheries committee  I personally don't have any information on that, but I don't know if Robert does. It's not an issue, or hasn't been. I would expect that the harbour authorities are looking after security in different ways, but we've not had any major issues of smuggling or drug running, or anyth

Fisheries committee  As I said earlier, we have been in discussions. We continue to engage in discussions with central agencies around the needs of the program, and we will continue to do that.

Fisheries committee  I'm going to answer, and then I'll hand over to Mr. Bergeron. We currently have examples of multifunctional harbours in certain regions. That's thanks to the efforts of the harbour administrations, that is to say that there have been commercial developments that have made it pos

Fisheries committee  There's a coincidence of numbers here. The $82 million on slide 2, for example, represents what our harbour maintenance budget is for this year. There's a second $82 million figure at play, and that's what we figure we would need over five years to divest of the non-essential rec

Fisheries committee  No, this $82 million in our base budget would continue on—well, it drops a little bit for next year and subsequent to that, but that's in our A base. That's what we currently have for maintenance in our budget. It's not enough, as we've said, but that's what we have. The $82 mil

Fisheries committee  This is $82 million a year—

Fisheries committee  No amount is set aside for non-essential harbours, but, depending on the situation, if matters of health or safety are involved, for example, we can allocate a portion of our budget to non-essential ports.

Fisheries committee  I think so, but—

Fisheries committee  I'll make a general comment. I think you've pretty adequately described the challenge we have with respect to trying to manage an annual budget, although it's a multi-year process, because we get it every year. But trying to manage an annual budget based on projects that often ha

Fisheries committee  I'd also like to add that if we don't have funding to address a serious situation—I'm speaking hypothetically—we can look at the budget allocated to slippage to see whether we can use funding from other programs. That sometimes happens.

Fisheries committee  I think I mentioned the evaluation we had already done. I believe we have a good assessment of the harbours that need repairs. Did you ask whether there were any harbours in such poor condition that they can't be improved? Did I understand the question?