Chair, perhaps I could clarify the question of the Great Lakes pilotage. Canadian vessels that only operate on the Great Lakes are exempted from having compulsory pilots; they can use their own captains and people on board. The problem is that the authority does not know whether those people are actually competent to be piloting.
The exemption has been in place since 1972. There have been numerous studies and recommendations made over the years that there be more rigorous conditions attached to these exemptions and that there be some way for the authority to assure itself that the people who are piloting these ships actually are competent to do so.