I will turn shortly to my colleague Mr. MacLean to offer his perspective.
You're quite right that we're doing this to bring ourselves into compliance with a global treaty, to make ourselves part of a global solution to a global problem. It is also true that by global standards Canada is not a major contributor to IUU fisheries; we do have a robust domestic regime in place and we're a relatively small contributor to a serious global problem. As such, some of the measures included in the global treaty and reflected in the amendments in this bill envisage situations that are rare, if not unheard of, in a Canadian context.
That said—and I'll turn to Allan for his thoughts on this shortly—in some fairly sensible, practical, commonsensical ways, I think the bill does enable our conservation and protection officers at DFO, the Canada Border Services Agency, and other law enforcement agencies to carry out their mandates more effectively, to collaborate among themselves effectively, and where appropriate, to work and exchange information on violations more efficiently and effectively with the relevant foreign agencies.