Fisheries committee  I see the bill after it's passed--and I'm talking very presumptuously, I guess--allowing the non-profits and the government to work together. I envision it allowing us into the designation process and the listing of the criteria that will flow from the bill to designate the light

Fisheries committee  Further to Rick's comments, FHBRO has a point system in the evaluation of their buildings. Looking at some of their evaluations, especially of our light, that would be a mistake in any criteria system for designating the lights. It has a place, yes, but you need the subjective e

Fisheries committee  As concerns the U.S., which I've been exploring fairly extensively, we lag very far behind the U.S. They have a lighthouse protection manual, produced a number of years ago, which we do not have here in Canada.

Fisheries committee  First, Monsieur Blais, while you were out of the room, regarding part of your comments and my response, the thought came to me that I forgot--part of getting older, I guess--that Fisheries and Oceans are in talks with Parks Canada to divest themselves of Cove Island and transfer

Fisheries committee  Yes, in a perfect world, having a bottomless pit of money would be great.

Fisheries committee  It would be absolutely fantastic. We could do everything we wanted to do right away at Cove Island. But that's not the reality of the situation, and we realize that. Those are the constraints and the environment in which non-profits work. We are very aware of that. Monsieur Bla

Fisheries committee  That would open up further avenues for us as far as the preservation of Cove Island Lightstation is concerned. Fisheries and Oceans have been great; they've been great people to work with, but they have constraints to what they can do. We just work within the existing framework

Fisheries committee  I think Bill S-215 will allow the non-profit organizations that will eventually be running a lot of the heritage lights the opportunity to take care of them. It'll allow the organizations to work with the government agencies responsible for heritage preservation. Because we're

Fisheries committee  As far as site contamination and the condition of the properties go, we've had unofficial discussions with Fisheries and Oceans officials and have received a fair number of site contamination and habitation reports. They're quite aware of the site conditions, and we're quite awar

Fisheries committee  Yes, very much so.

Fisheries committee  We've been taking care of the light and keeping an eye on it for approximately three years.

Fisheries committee  We don't own it. We have an agreement with Fisheries and Oceans. It's a Fisheries and Oceans-owned property.

Fisheries committee  Yes and no. They are quite supportive of our efforts, but Cove Island does have maintenance issues based on the fact that the last keeper left in 1991, so there has been no real presence out on the island since then. The stone house, the keeper's house, because it's been closed u

Fisheries committee  Access is a bit of a challenge, given the declining water levels of the Great Lakes. Instead of just stepping off a boat, you have to sort of--

Fisheries committee  No, there isn't.