The proposed amendment concerns safety in marine transportation. If the amendment had been necessary, the same thing would have had to be done for all modes of transportation under the general agreement between Canada and the United States.
Ms. Wherrett noted that paragraphs 17(d) and (e) covered all modes of transportation. We have no reason to believe that storage terminals for railway transportation will operate in the same way as those for marine transportation in the very near future. There will be the same facilities for marine and rail transportation.
The fact that this is incomplete is offset by the fact that the bill concerns all modes of transportation.