Mr. Chair, I thank the member for her question.
There are two parts to this question.
Fundamentally, there is the shift of the Coast Guard from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to National Defence. That was completed by an order in council in September, and that process has begun.
As for the mission, which we are talking about here today with Bill C-12, that shift will allow the Coast Guard basically to embark on an enhanced security mandate that will allow the Coast Guard to share information with our security partners.
Right now, we're able to share safety information. Think of a search and rescue mission; we have to share the location of a distressed vessel. In this case, with Bill C-12, we'll be able to share with our security partners the information we collect in our marine security operations centres.