Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses for being here. It's been very helpful.
Mr. Brown, I'd like to start with you. I'm a New Brunswick member of Parliament, and there's a tremendous amount of interest in a west-east pipeline to the Irving refinery. As a result, once we get the oil to tidewater we'd be looking at more ships coming in to the east side as well.
You made a couple of comments, and I'd like to understand your thoughts on our initiatives on the tanker inspections and other types of things, and how that's working out for your industry.
What are the metrics? Do you have any metrics to suggest what each vessel generates for the economy in the local area? It would seem to me that the additional inspections we're asking for on tankers, as well as the pilotage and other types of things, would mean a significant benefit to the local economy.
Could you comment on that?