Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I do not really have an opinion on the issue, but I would nevertheless like to make a comment on the amendment.
We must take into account the fact that Canada signs international conventions, one of which is the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water in February 2004. It means that once this convention will be in force, Canada will have a duty to comply with those international standards.
So if we say that the Canadian Marine Liability Act supercedes these conventions, this could give rise to a number of problems. I would not go as far as saying that it could even involve the Kyoto Protocol, but there is definitely an issue in so far as we believe that Canada should honour the conventions it has signed.