Transport committee  Yes, we partner with the IJC quite a bit through a variety of different projects, particularly on water level regulation and with respect to the ecological impacts on water level fluctuations. There is a tie-in among these water level fluctuations, obviously, with the issue of er

Transport committee  Not directly, but we have had conversations with them.

Transport committee  Thank you. Through you, Mr. Chair, that was a question in preparation for this meeting that I posed to our partners at the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation. They know at all times what the speeds are of ships transiting the seaway. In fact, they measure compliance with

Transport committee  Mr. Chair, if I understand the question, it's in terms of just the general recommendations with this increased traffic. My response would be along the lines of what has been discussed in terms of understanding that this is a complex problem that requires multiple angles to addre

Transport committee  The way I interpret it is that it's still the question of how to best manage the existing seaway, even with the commercial ships that are at hand. There are multiple approaches to the solution, including engaging the shipping industry with respect to the design and the operation

Transport committee  I was going to get started anyway. Through you, Mr. Chair, there's no action plan or guarantee that the results of our study will be implemented. However—and I would say that we were actually kind of surprised initially by this—we were actually contacted by the unit at DFO that

Transport committee  That is a really interesting aspect of this question in the context, geographically, of where we live. As we move through Lake St. Francis between the Moses-Saunders dam and Montreal at Beauharnois, the islands in there are all part of the territory of the Mohawk of Akwesasne.

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I might ask the member to repeat the second part of his question for me, please.

Transport committee  My expertise is not in shoreline erosion and shoreline restoration; that's usually the purview of conservation authorities. I have, through anecdotal evidence, seen some positive examples of the soft shoreline techniques, but I've also heard that they, in some cases, have not las

Transport committee  I think that the IJC has done some work to look at that. I don't have that number in front of me. I know that a very extensive study was done by the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River adaptive management committee of the IJC to look at those flooding events and shorelines. There are

Transport committee  Sure.

Transport committee  I understand, Mr. Chair, that this question was addressed to me, and I can give it a start. There might others who can speak to it as well. My experience is mostly in this section below Montreal, so that's where I would have seen some examples of some shoreline work that's been

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. As mentioned, I am Jeff Ridal, the executive director of the St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences, or the River Institute. We're based in Cornwall, Ontario. Thank you for providing me the opportunity to address the standing committee on

Environment committee  I think it depends upon where you live. Locally, in a very agricultural base in the municipalities around Cornwall, they would not be very aggressive with respect to that, because they know where their voter base is, and you're losing revenue when you have setbacks. Other area

Environment committee  I don't manage the funds through the Bay of Quinte, but my sense of it is that it is an amount comparable to that of the province.