I'll just note that we did not, in fact, shadow the vessel. CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier was in Japan on other business transiting to the Arctic. You had two ships that were essentially going from a similar point A to a similar point B. Then that turned into a story that we were following it.
Should Bill C-12 receive royal assent, we would have the authority to conduct the kinds of operations that include security control. At this point in time we do not, and we did not shadow the vessel.
