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  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  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  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  That's correct, yes.

Fisheries committee  What I'm saying, Mr. Simms, is that if the bill is passed, in whatever form it's passed, we would have to seek additional funding in order to meet our obligations.

Fisheries committee  I would prefer to stay away from any questions on amendments per se. I don't know if my colleagues from Parks Canada want to address anything on it, but I'm not really in a position to comment on amendments. I think it's in the hands of the politicians to decide what they want to

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

Fisheries committee  I am not quite sure how to answer your question, Mr. Asselin. As I stated earlier, our department will support the objective of the bill. The problem is simply that we do not have enough resources to implement the measures that this legislation will require. If Parliament adopt

Fisheries committee  I am unable to give you an answer at the moment because we do not yet know exactly what the enacted legislation would entail. I provided two examples of the type of funding we would require, but it will depend on the exact content of the final version, as if I am not mistaken, Pa

Fisheries committee  If we have contaminated lighthouses, we will be eligible to benefit from the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan. It provides funding to address matters such as, for example, contaminated lighthouses. I do not know exactly how many lighthouses are affected.

Fisheries committee  Yes, that would be no problem.

Fisheries committee  As you have alluded to, it's a bit of a challenge in terms of definition, but we use the figure generally of about 750 lighthouse-like structures, and within that there are about 250--give or take--that are what we would call major lights, and then another 500 or so smaller struc

Fisheries committee  We can provide that breakdown by province or region of the country, if you like. I don't think we have the information readily available right at this time. I don't know whether 50 sounds right for Pacific or not.