Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As we know, it is much less expensive for us to prevent these vessels from being abandoned in the first place. Right now we have systems in place where people are unsure how to properly dispose of their vessel. They're unsure what to do once their vessel has reached the life that a vessel goes through. We need to have a bigger strategy in place, but one thing in particular I want to ask about is the identification of vessel owners.
I've heard from a constituent recently who was frustrated. He kept going in circles. He was trying to register his vessel. He had been working on this for months and could not get a clear answer as to how to register his vessel.
I'm wondering if somebody could share with me the challenges around registering vessels and how that is an important piece of this discussion on how to clean up these vessels and prevent them from sinking in the first place.