Prior to the bill being introduced the liability regime in the NEB Act is fairly broad and doesn't have a lot of specificity. As the amendments point out, we're introducing a high degree of specificity, including an operator being accountable for any fault or negligent activity in which an unintended release occurs. Then it continues throughout and gets down to proposed subsection 48.12(8) and says that in the event of the government being able to...which is proposed paragraph 48.12(1)(b), the government can receive its expenses and costs incurred under the pipeline safety act, rather than necessarily be covered under the Fisheries Act.
The coverage here is included in this bill and so it's removing it from that particular instance.
It does preserve...in the subsection before, and I didn't suggest there was a conflict between proposed subsections 48.12(7) and (8). It is between the latter and other bills. It does preserve that if absolute liability exists somewhere else, it is preserved at a higher amount, because proposed subsection 48.12(5) in this particular bill spells out the absolute liability and its limitations or how it applies to major oil pipelines.