I agree with Mr. Roy. The Great Lakes Pilotage Authority has to work in collaboration with the Department of Transport.
I would like to refer to the specific recommendation we made in our report and the authority's response. We recommended that as the regulatory agency responsible for navigation safety, the Great Lakes Pilotage Authority should implement a more effective mechanism to provide reasonable assurance that Canadian masters and deck-watch officers have the competencies and qualifications needed.
The agency's response was:
A more stringent exemption or certification system would strengthen the Authority's ability to ensure future safety and efficiency of the navigation system. The Authority continues to work with Transport Canada and the major stakeholders to address this deficiency. It expects regulatory amendments that will address the deficiency to be published in 2008.
So the authority committed to work with Transport Canada and other stakeholders to address the two regulatory amendments in 2008. My understanding is that it has not yet been done. But the authority cannot do this on its own. It needs to work with Transport Canada to make those regulatory amendments.