Transport committee  Thank you for your time. Thank you very much for the very insightful questions, and I appreciate the advice. We look forward to the outcome report of your review.

Transport committee  You are correct. What's significant here is that the Islands Trust is also zoned. The use is permissible on the surface of the water or on the sea floor. There's lots of conversation about who owns what part—the sea floor, the water column, or the surface—but we have zoning for t

Transport committee  I can't thank you enough for those comments. We don't actually have a municipality. The Islands Trust is the agency that has the authority.

Transport committee  That is us, and we have been on that path for some time, and indeed there is question around the jurisdiction. I can't say definitively what the solution is, but we believe there is a solution there somewhere that is actually associated with either the Canada Shipping Act or the

Transport committee  We're actually meeting on Friday with the two members of Parliament from our area, Sheila Malcolmson and Alistair MacGregor. Indeed, I've met with the Minister of Transport as well, Marc Garneau, to bring this issue to his attention. Your comments are exactly right; this use is i

Transport committee  Yes, Woodfibre.

Transport committee  I think it would be inappropriate for me to hazard a guess on a neighbouring community where they might go, but I will say that the islands in Howe Sound are within the Islands Trust area, so I certainly don't want them there either. I would also suggest that actually very few v

Transport committee  I'll address your second question first, because indeed there are lots of questions and concerns about how the vessels travel through the Salish Sea. They come in through the bottom end of the Gulf Islands and travel all the way up almost to Nanaimo, in what are very narrow bod

Transport committee  Thank you.

Transport committee  For the most part, it's rural-residential.

Transport committee  That's correct.

Transport committee  Sir, that is a brilliant question. It is something that none of us knows the answer to among the six different anchorage groups based on community interest, including Plumper Sound, Cowichan Bay, Trincomali Channel, Stuart Channel, and Gabriola Island. That's a good question. I d

Transport committee  Perfect.

Transport committee  Yes, that is the ultimate solution. There would be no vessel anchorages other than those that require safe harbour or emergency anchorage in the event of a situation that's beyond the control of the ship's master. We accept and acknowledge that there's a necessity for that. I wo

Transport committee  I think “oversight” is the word that I probably used. I think CFL is the company that operates that; I might be wrong. They have been operating that there for many years. My father used to live on Pender Island, and he used to complain about it. That's at least 25 years ago. In