Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. McGuinty clearly wasn't prepared when he came tonight. Maybe Ms. Duncan should have checked a little bit deeper.
I'd like to go through the half dozen acts that impact shipping, and perhaps she can look these up as well. Part of the Environmental Violations Administrative Monetary Penalties Act, speaks specifically of ships complying with provisions and orders that are given to them. The Fisheries Act speaks of vessels regularly throughout it, including ships. It speaks of marine inspectors and their authority, and the expectation that vessel operators cooperate with them. The Canadian Environmental Protection Act, which is being amended, talks directly about the operation of ships. This may not have something directly to do with it, but also the Antarctic Environmental Protection Act talks about shipping as well. I don't think we have to deal directly with that today. The Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act, which is being amended, also addresses the issue of safety in navigable waters. Fisheries protection and pollution prevention also address issues of shipping.
I think we've got a number of places that we can talk about shipping and vessels. If you'd like me to go on, I could get into quite a bit more detail on each of those acts, and we could have that discussion as well, but perhaps we should just let the witness go ahead with his presentation.