Environment committee  Our transportation provider has been making significant reductions. In fact, we have probably one of the cleanest motor coach fleets in Canada, moving our guests from the terminal to downtown Victoria.

Environment committee  I'm very pleased to say that we've had very good conversations with BC Hydro and they've confirmed that there is sufficient power on the island, specifically within the Victoria area, to accommodate the request, the technology that we would like to employ.

Environment committee  The funding strategy that we are using is very similar to what was used in Vancouver, where the federal government and the provincial government equally shared 50% of the funding, and the cruise line industry contributed 50%. Specifically to your question, we've received a commit

Environment committee  You're absolutely right, MP Collins. Our port is adjacent to a neighbourhood community. That also creates, I think, another level of responsibility and obligation: We have to do everything we can within our power to reduce the environmental impact upon the community. That's where

Environment committee  You're absolutely right. We're a not-for-profit organization. What that means is that we do not have any ongoing access to operating funds from either the federal government or the provincial government, unlike other Canadian port authorities, such as Vancouver, Nanaimo, Port Alb

Environment committee  The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority was created back in 2002 when the federal government of that day divested a number of smaller harbour properties, and that's how we were created. We were established as a not-for-profit organization governed by a number of local agencies.

Environment committee  Ever since we were created, we are honoured to have both nations as part of our board governance model, and that allows us to work with them very closely. We were one of the first ports in Canada to assign 1% of our operating revenue toward supporting reconciliation programs for

Environment committee  Thank you for the question. In Victoria, we do not have shore power. That's our main goal and our main priority right now. We're very close. We have funding commitments from the provincial government. We have funding commitments from the cruise lines themselves. We're just waiti

Environment committee  Yes, we're very blessed, obviously, out here on the west coast that the technology and the source would be hydroelectric. There is an abundance of that. What we're seeing is that the cruise lines are making great advances in terms of their technology and their ability to plug in

Environment committee  Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today as you continue your important work on clean technologies in Canada. My name is Ian Robertson. I'm the CEO of the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority. To start, I wish to acknowledge with respect the Lekwungen peoples, on