Mr. Chair, the question here is about the diminishing of liability by not allowing recovery under the Fisheries Act. What this bill proposes to do is that if there is any loss caused by a pipeline spill, and one of those losses is damage to a fishery, the recovery must be done under the NEB Act.
That's the main point and under the NEB Act you would have an absolute liability up to a billion dollars.
The act also provides that the company's also liable for any amount above that. It's just that there's no backstop.