Mr. Chair, again, this amendment is affecting the same line of reasoning on page 56, also in clause 60, looking at ensuring that the oil pollution prevention plans and emergency plans that are submitted pursuant to section 167.4 would also be made public by the minister in the fashion of a publication in the Canada Gazette and on the Internet site of the Department of Transport, and that, again, this would facilitate public access to this information.
As you will know, Mr. Chair, this is an area of extreme interest to communities that live near facilities that handle the transport of oil. The pollution prevention plans and emergency plans being made public would be in the public interest. I hope that committee members will approve this amendment.