Fisheries committee  The harbour and dock, which was of course maintained by the small boats and harbours program.

Fisheries committee  Actually, one of our worst problems is the smallest of the invasive species, spiny water flea. It will actually get in the fishes' gills and basically drown them. They get in the nets, and they will spoil almost instantly.

Fisheries committee  It coats plastic. It's small, but it gets caught on the plastic, and of course we're using monofilament nets as well, and it totally spoils the net for fishing.

Fisheries committee  There was no discussion with us whatsoever when they took it over. One day it was theirs.

Fisheries committee  Yes, it was DFO's before that.

Fisheries committee  Well, actually there's Leonard Hill. There have been commercial native fishers.

Fisheries committee  I understand the department in Ottawa was accused. I don't know whether anything ever came of it. This was very public. Surely you guys remember this, don't you?

Fisheries committee  The scandal when different government agencies were putting money into one of our political parties.

Fisheries committee  Environment Canada was one of the departments accused of shoving money into a political coffer, and heads rolled in Ottawa.

Fisheries committee  I worked for Environment Canada at the time. The man I worked for was fired. I shouldn't say fired. He and his entire staff were moved sideways. The finance people moved from Ottawa to Burlington. I work for a guy out of Long Point, Lake Erie now; I used to work for a man out of Ottawa.

Fisheries committee  I'm Roxy Lancaster. My partner is Albert Vancott. We fish commercially out of Point Traverse Harbour. I must say, right off the bat, I've got to commiserate with the gentleman from Belleville; you do not want your harbour or your docks to fall into the wrong hands. Ours has. It's fallen to Environment Canada, whose purpose in life is basically to exclude all people from the CWS--Canadian Wildlife Service--properties at Long Point.