Transport committee  I don't anticipate we'd be moving resources out of particular areas. We had already positioned our resources where the shipping traffic is heaviest, which is why the bulk of our current depots are along the southern shipping lanes. We're anticipating being able to use the scienti

Transport committee  That is why we are supportive of it.

Transport committee  There was a risk-based analysis for the southern pipeline project, the twinning project. What we saw with that is that we would look at more bases along the south coast, so we'd be building in excess capacity along the southern shipping routes because of that particular project a

Transport committee  Right now we are mandated to have a 10,000-tonne maximum capacity for the entire coast, regardless of where a spill occurs. We have to position our resources so they will be able to access that potential large-size spill anywhere on the coastline, which is a challenge. The fede

Transport committee  Is that question for me?

Transport committee  What they are talking about is the Canadian ship-source oil pollution fund, which has around $400 million in it. What the government has recommended is that there not be a limit, that the $161 million be removed so that you can access the entire $400 million of that fund. That wa

Transport committee  Let's go back and look at the three layers. The first layer of the liability is the shipowners themselves. They are required to have insurance depending on the size of the vessel. If we pass that amount, we then access the international funds. Then once the international funds ar

Transport committee  It's a good question. Prior to the tanker safety panel review, the regime had not changed in several decades. There was a requirement for change, which is why we had moved past the 10,000-tonne capacity requirement. What we wanted to see happen was a move to a risk-based system

Transport committee  Sure. Particularly on the northern coast, we do engage quite a bit with first nations. It's part of our marine contractor training program, which I talked about earlier. Some of them are fishermen; some of them are marine contractors. We do train them both on shoreline training

Transport committee  That is the Canadian Coast Guard federal monitoring officer. They are on scene. If they don't believe that the cleanup is being handled properly by the responsible party, they do have the authority to take command.

Transport committee  That is correct, and that is what happened with the Simushir, because it was not calling on a Canadian port. It was merely transiting our waters, so it wasn't required to have a—

Transport committee  If it is not calling on a Canadian port, it is not required to have a membership agreement with a response organization.

Transport committee  I think that's something this committee could look into, because there is a significant amount of traffic that transits our waters and does not have membership with response organizations.

Transport committee  Yes, absolutely. The system that was imposed in the original amendments to the Canada Shipping Act, which brought the spill response regime under the control of Transport Canada and the federal government, is where you first start to see this polluter pays program implemented. Wi

Transport committee  Yes, absolutely. I mentioned earlier that it is an international management system. It's entirely scalable, so you can go from a room of four or five people up to 400 or 500 people. The Vancouver Olympics used this system. It's used in earthquake response and any kind of disaster