Lighthouses probe

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dre eyes and cars to the oracine
community. Nothing can tike
their place.” Bean said. He then
challenged Transport: Minister
Doug Young ta “uke control of
his department™ and call a public
inquiry into lighthouse de-
staffing.

Bryant sees no need for such a
nove,

“What we're planning to dois
have a consultation process with
information available fo users and
the cuncerned public,” he said,
noting that the process has already
begun with the formation of a pro-
ject eam which includes represen-
tatives from the Hghtheepers and
the coast guard,

Its next step wall he dealing
with other government depart-
ments and service providers, sad
Bryant, with the final stage dis-
cussions with users and the con-
cerned public.

“We'll try to develop a number
of alternatives, and people will be
able to tell us what they think of
this as well.”

Though lightkeepers have said
their contribution to saving lives
has been downplayed by the coast
guard in the interest of preserving
its own government funding,
Bryant said the coast guard recog-
nizes the importance of lightkecp-
ers lo marine rescue operations.
“That's why we sant to have con-
sultations,” he said,

Bryant suggested that discus-
sions would revolve around how
much marine rescue is involved in
the lightkeeper’s job, how much it
is valued, and whether this is the
appropriate means of supplying
that service.

He said that the traditional job
of lightkeepers was to operate the
aids to navigation. Transport
Canada contends that automating
these aids would serve the same
purpose with almost the same
degree of efficiency, though light-
keepers say automated lighthouses
would be far nvore fallible than
manned operations.

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DON GRAHAM, lightkeeper at Point Atkinson, was on hand for
a recent designation of the lighthouse as a national historic
site. He might not have his job much longer if the coast guard
has its way.

“People are focussing on
whether it’s 99.9% or 99.6%
(infallibility),” said Bryant. “The
real question is, do the (aids to
navigation services) meet the
mariners’ needs.”

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