I think that's an extremely good point, and I can hear Johan wanting to get into this conversation.
I'm not a lawyer, and I can't comment on the difference between a civil action in the federal House and the common law. There is certainly a jurisdictional issue this committee would have to confront in the case of a spill, but saying that a statute exists at a provincial level and has not been abused is not by itself a rationale for introducing it in the federal House.