I think the Government of Canada knows that trade unions in this country are pretty much always opposed to any sort of deregulation. One of the things we are seeing is not just the deregulation itself, it's being combined with something else, and that is a lack of enforcement. We see that the total responsibility of the governance of a particular industry, be it our field or other sectors, including maybe even—it's been very controversial—the meat inspection industry, for example.... We have increased problems.
The catastrophe doesn't happen because of one event. It happens because of generally a chain of events, just as I was describing the interrelationships and the complexities of operating a ship. One thing doesn't normally lead to a big problem; it's a chain of events. I'm straying off topic here, but it is another point that we're awfully concerned about, the lack of enforcement of the regulations of our country as workers. We think workers are being put at the pointy end of the stick here and put in jeopardy in a whole range of manners.
We are here today mostly to address being bankrupted by court proceedings. That's our primary role in wanting to express to our government, our parliamentarians, for whom we have the greatest respect. We look to you for leadership. We also look to the bureaucracy of our government to work with us so that we can work together and provide the national security, provide that this ballast water isn't discharged. We do those things as an organization on oily water waste. We've produced pamphlets and we've been distributing them globally.
There are a lot of things we do where we meet our responsibility and exceed our responsibility. Sometimes we just feel a little bit let down by our regulators.
I'm sorry, Mr. Hyer, if that's a little off topic.