Very much so, Mr. Roe. It kind of gets to my next point, because I think as much as possible, we want to make sure that we can prevent the boats from sinking in the first place.
I know that a big frustration I have, or that many folks in my riding have, is that we have these programs for once the boat actually sinks, but it's extremely expensive. It also has a major cost to the environment. I think we need to do as much as we can to prevent that.
I have a couple of questions, maybe first to you, Mr. Banting. You mentioned the interest in having better registration and licensing. Right now, Transport Canada is developing regulations to modernize pleasure craft licensing. I'm wondering if you might have feedback for this committee about that process and just more generally about how we can ensure through licensing, both through new vessels but also through existing vessels, so that we can hold boat owners accountable. In many cases, instead of disposing of those boats, they may find a way of selling them off in a way to not have that accountability.
I'm very curious about your thoughts on the registration and licensing as a way of mitigating that risk.