Transport committee  As my colleague Mr. Pelletier mentioned, the vessel did not pose a risk. It was docked in a safe place.

Transport committee  A private company brought it there. If there had been a risk, something would have been done.

Transport committee  I'm not sure. If you're meeting all the regulatory requirements and there's no risk, you don't require a licence to go to a wharf somewhere.

Transport committee  You made a fair statement. To go through a half-inch plate will take quite some time. If the ship doesn't move, of course there's less risk.

Transport committee  State-of-the-art technology would be, for example, communications systems and tracking devices such as AIS, which is basically akin to transponders on board an airplane and electronic navigation technology as well. We're doing so by making sure that our regulation is flexible eno

Transport committee  It's evolving at a natural pace—as fast as we can keep up with technology, that is—but it's evolving at a good pace.

Transport committee  The responsibility was to examine the regime and so on, and it has tabled the report. It's being analyzed as we speak to see what recommendations it has and what can be implemented.

Transport committee  There are two aspects to this. The first is that we want to bring the SMS down to 24 metres because in most cases it's a logical cut-off point in most conventions internationally. That's for the operation itself, for the vessel and so on. The pilotage is another system that my

Transport committee  You're probably aware that we commissioned the tanker safety expert panel to conduct such a study. It did table its report last year for the first phase, which had to do with transportation of oil south of 60. The second phase of the report was completed not too long ago, and it

Transport committee  Thank you. In most parts as well, we will be observers in the PRMM, and when it's passed on to us, we will examine it. If it's not adequately conducted, we will certainly request changes if they're needed.

Transport committee  This is under the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, and all the pursuant regulations and international conventions that regulate the construction, operation, manning, and certification of ships of that nature.

Transport committee  Do you mean for oil, sir?

Transport committee  When in transit or even when alongside, in the loading and off-loading of oil, they're required to have arrangements with a response organization in Canada, which are contractual arrangements with private entities to clean up any spill that could occur while in transit or while c

Transport committee  That's correct.

Transport committee  Sir, I can answer part of your question, which is about where cuts were made. No cuts were made to the inspectorate workforce, none whatsoever. The cuts—