Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll speak to that one.
This is a very straightforward amendment. I'm simply proposing that there be a provision added that the minister be obligated to coordinate with appropriate provincial ministers all proceedings to recover claims.
This is based on my personal experience with the Wabamun spill, the spill of 700,000 litres of bunker C into Lake Wabamun, and the abject failure of the two levels of government to respond properly to the spill or to coordinate. Of course, there have been many official reports written about this abject failure to coordinate. We are hearing now about the complaints about alleged lack of cooperation in responding to the spill in English Bay.
I'm simply proposing this as a proactive measure to alert the federal government that this is a role that they could step forward to deliver, particularly because we're talking about pipelines that are under federal jurisdiction.