You have to put what this bill does in context. It just allows some clarity as to who has responsibility for occupational health and safety in the offshore. What was happening before this bill was that some of the offshore regulations were under provincial control and some were under federal control and would be regulated by the Offshore Petroleum Board.
This provides the clarity that the petroleum board is indeed the regulator that regulates occupational health and safety. But they now have a reporting relationship with the provincial labour ministers and federally they are still reporting to the Minister of Natural Resources Canada, who has to consult with the Minister of Labour on issues dealing with offshore.
So on the ground, it just provides a little more clarity as to what regulatory agency has jurisdiction.