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Transport committee You're very correct. From an overall perspective, you have the two approvals: the environmental assessment approval and the Navigable Waters Protection Act approval. In reality, if an environmental assessment approval is negative, the project doesn't proceed. That is to say, for
June 3rd, 2008Committee meeting
William J. Nash
Transport committee Okay. Maybe I will turn to David Osbaldeston. I know that he has been following this closely from a technical perspective and will be able to shed some light on this.
June 3rd, 2008Committee meeting
William J. Nash
Fisheries committee The rules and requirements under the Marine Act apply to vessels. This federal requirement applies across Canada. Vessel masters have to meet these requirements, to obey all the safety rules, and so on. Even if a vessel is docked in the harbour, there are also requirement to ensu
October 24th, 2006Committee meeting
William J. Nash
Fisheries committee No, I don't think so.
October 24th, 2006Committee meeting
William J. Nash
Fisheries committee Yes, we can talk about that. From an inspection and enforcement perspective, fishing vessels between 15 and 150 gross tons are required to be inspected and certified every four years. This has been going on for quite some time. Currently we haven't looked at reviewing our inspec
October 24th, 2006Committee meeting
William J. Nash
Fisheries committee For us, what matters, is the safety of vessels. Masters and crews should be well aware of the capacity of their vessel in different conditions. In my opinion, the most important thing for a fisherman is to know when his vessel is at risk at sea. This is the reason why we have re
October 24th, 2006Committee meeting
William J. Nash
Fisheries committee Victor, maybe you could give details on that.
October 24th, 2006Committee meeting
William J. Nash
Fisheries committee Mr. Chair, my name is Bill Nash. Following on from the DFO presentation, I'd like to give a brief overview on the stability requirements for small fishing vessels. I'll be covering the following points during my presentation: the current stability requirements, the application of
October 24th, 2006Committee meeting
William J. Nash
Transport committee With respect to making it mandatory in the domestic area, there aren't. We have found, though, as mentioned, that a great number of the larger vessels across Canada—pretty well all the Great Lakes fleet—are voluntarily complying with SMS. There is an interest among certain operat
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
William J. Nash