In the case of Canadians, the practice.... Both of us have grown up in the Thousand Islands, and there has never been an understanding of a requirement for Canadians...although the current law places the same requirement on Canadians who enter American waters and then come back into Canadian waters. We haven't bumped into a situation in which a Canadian boater has been confronted like the American fisherman whom we were both referring to earlier.
If you look at the amendment that was proposed by CBSA with respect to the residual power for CBSA officials to confront, they retain that power. If they stop you to ask you a particular question about immigration, for example, that's fine; they retain the power to do that. You, however, are not committing an offence, and currently you would be committing an offence by simply not reporting. We're removing that reporting obligation, but they retain the ability and authority to stop individuals.
Also, we had through CBSA and the Ministry of Public Safety an indication that the RCMP have no concerns with respect to the implications of this legislation in terms of any security issues that might arise.