Is granting accreditation to Canadian pilots something that the Great Lakes Pilotage Authority does? Would that not be the Department of Transport's job?
Unfortunately for you, I taught at the Institut Maritime de Québec. I know what I am talking about. I know that a master's certificate is not issued by the Great Lakes Pilotage Authority, but by the Department of Transport. A ship's master must be properly trained. He cannot sail our waters without having been trained and without having passed exams. To my recollection, the exams come from the Department of Transport or the Canadian Coast Guard . You have to go through college, whether in the Maritimes, or in Quebec or in Ontario before you can take a ship into our waters. I do not mean a rowing boat, I am talking about a freighter or a fishing boat. The licences come from the Department of transport.
Why are you asking the Great Lakes Pilotage Authority to conduct these checks when, as I see it, it is the job of the Department of Transport?