In my 24 years...1972 is like 40 years ago.
They just didn't come; they didn't have to come. I think one of the problems in 1972, when this grandfathering provision was put in.... The exemption does not allow the authority to remove an exemption; that was the biggest problem, and it was too difficult to change. There was always a hope that there would be cooperation with Transport Canada and the industry to resolve this, but it hasn't happened.
The Auditor General's concern is a valid one, as I said a while ago. We have ships that are exempt right now. It's not individuals who are exempt; it's ships.