Absolutely, that's a very important part of this bill. Let me speak to that just briefly, although it is a fairly long answer that I'm probably going to give.
Right now, section 75 of the National Energy Board Act requires that the companies do as little damage as possible and compensate those who are impacted by their operations. Currently there's a procedure in place in sections 84 to 88 of the act. There's a procedure for a pipeline arbitrations committee that can be established by NRCan, whereby individuals who are impacted by a spill can seek compensation. The secretariat of that committee is NRCan. It's run by NRCan, and decisions are taken there.
The bill contemplates some additional measures where a pipeline company is unable or unwilling to respond to an incident and the company is in fact designated. The bill provides for the establishment of a pipeline claims tribunal, and this again would be a decision taken by a recommendation from the minister to the GIC in regard to actually establishing this pipelines claim tribunal.
The members of that claims tribunal would be retired judges who have a minimum of 10 years of experience as superior court judges. They would take decisions based on compensation claims brought forward by people who have incurred loss or damages as a result of the incident.