Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Division 15 pertains to the amendments to four acts under the purview of the Minister of Transport: the Aeronautics Act, the Navigation Protection Act, the Railway Safety Act, and the Canada Shipping Act, 2001. Collectively these amendments will allow the Minister of Transport to enter into service level agreements, or contracts, with industry organizations for activities in the aviation, navigation infrastructure, and rail and marine transportation sectors.
The amendments proposed here do not create new fees. They do not raise existing fees either. These amendments give the Minister of Transport the ability to sign contracts for services with organizations and users of Transport Canada's services. These amendments will also allow the Minister of Transport to spend the funds received from such an agreement in one fiscal year or in the next one. This is in recognition of the fact that service level agreements will be signed in respect of work that is likely complex and time-consuming and done in the span of more than one fiscal year.
That, Mr. Chair, concludes my opening remarks.