Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As committee members will recall, I'm here based on instructions to show up at clause-by-clause study with amendments if we're concerned.
On this bill, Bill C-3, An Act to enact the Aviation Industry Indemnity Act, to amend the Aeronautics Act, the Canada Marine Act, the Marine Liability Act and the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, not to be cheeky about it, but I think the short title, safeguarding Canada's seas and skies act, should get some sort of prize for overblown marketing in the public relations category in future Oscars.
It does a lot of business, like housekeeping, for which I have no concerns, relating to aviation accidents and war risks for the aeronautics industry.
I certainly think that implementing the international convention on liability and compensation for damage in connection with the carriage of hazardous and noxious substances by sea is a good idea, but I completely support the attempts which the NDP just made to get rid of the cap on marine accidents involving oil.
I've focused my amendments on part 5. There are three amendments, but I'll just speak briefly to—