Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I gather it's six kilometres or 6,300 metres of offshore and 85,000 metres of shoreline boom. That is my understanding. That isn't my question, but you can correct me if I'm wrong or if I'm way off.
There's an interesting report called the Orphan Basin exploration drilling program environmental assessment, which indicates that even if response organizations were perfectly prepared for a major spill and well trained and outfitted, there are still real limitations in terms of how much oil you could actually deal with at sea, particularly in the North Atlantic. Of course we're all aware that the conditions there can be pretty heavy seas.
First of all, do you agree that for any major offshore spill there are certain limitations to response and cleanup?
I guess my questions are for Mr. Bowden and Mr. Brown.