Ottawa – December 21, 2010 – The Union of Canadian Transportation
Employees (UCTE) National President Christine Collins is pleased to learn that
the Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans has recommended keeping, and
even enhancing the role of lightkeepers in the Senate report Seeing the Light:
Report on Staffed Lighthouses in Newfoundland and Labrador and British
Columbia which was released today.

“UCTE is happy to note that Senate committee members have recognized the
key role our lightkeepers play along Canada’s coastlines and the essential