Thank you, all, again for the important work you're doing.
I seem to be surrounded by end-of-life vessels in my riding.
The Union Bay fiasco with ship-breaking happened in my riding. There is clearly a lack of regulations in Canada to deal with ship-breaking and the end of life and divestment and disposing of vessels.
I just think about the Laurier II that was in Union Bay in my riding. It was listing, and we actually had to fight tooth and nail to get the government to remove it instead of letting it sink. It was formerly a federal vessel that was sold to the private sector and it went down the line and it was going to sink.
We know that right now there aren't any good regulations in place. Obviously, it's better to break them apart on land than to let them sink because of the leaching and the environmental impact.
Seventy per cent of vessels right now end up in Bangladesh, where there are very, very low environmental and labour standards.
I want to know what the government's plan is in terms of improving regulations and adhering to the Basel Convention, which we're a signatory to, or even taking it to the next level, which we should, and having something like the EU ship recycling regulations, which are very strong and much better than those of Hong Kong. We should be there as a leader and should be investing in national capacity when it comes to ship-breaking as well, and ensuring we have dry-dock space, which you have heard me talk about many times now.
Can you respond to that? What responsibility are you going to take for these vessels as they retire?