I thank the honourable member for her question. As she knows, yes, all parties and both chambers of Parliament have worked expeditiously on this bill while doing their due diligence. In a minority Parliament, what we're seeing on this—people should know—is co-operation and collaboration and regular communication on the things that are really important.
It extends beyond this House. It extends, as the honourable member for Labrador knows, to joint management and the Atlantic Accord. It's something that just about every Newfoundlander and Labradorian, certainly ones of my age who remember the fighting days of the 1980s and the 1990s, knows ensures that joint management exists. That is a real and fulsome relationship, with true joint management of the offshore resources between the Government of Canada and the Government of Nova Scotia and the Government of Canada and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador in their respective jurisdictions.
When it became clear in the fall of 2020 that the final regulations wouldn't be completed by December 31, 2020, our government and the Newfoundland and Labrador government and the Nova Scotia government each took legislative steps to extend the transition period so that workers would be protected under the existing occupational health and safety framework that existed.
If there is anybody out there watching with any doubt in their mind, every worker was looked after. We made sure that the transition period existed. It was at that point, for the federal government, that in order to signal our intent, this bill was introduced in the Senate on December 1. The bill was amended; passed by the Senate in mid-February, when it was introduced in the House; and in a similar time frame now, it's come to this committee. So things are moving.
I once again want to commend members of this committee on all sides of the House for the priority they've given this.