Evidence of meeting #11 for Transport, Infrastructure and Communities in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was spill.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Director General, Marine Policy, Department of Transport
We don't know at this stage. That would be part of the process once the legislation comes in, to get them to report the HNS, and we'll have a better tracking of it at the time of the—
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Conservative
Wai Young Conservative Vancouver South, BC
Currently do we have no system in place to ascertain where these facilities are?
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Director General, Marine Policy, Department of Transport
To be clear, there's no regime in place now either, so there's no need to have a tracking of these from a marine shipping point of view.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Larry Miller
I'm going to have to end it there.
Mr. McGuinty, on a point of order, very briefly.
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Liberal
David McGuinty Liberal Ottawa South, ON
Mr. Chair, following up on Mr. Payne's answer, I wonder if he might be able to produce for the benefit of our committee any analysis Transport Canada has on the sufficiency of the number of staff that he was alluding to earlier.
I want to follow up on the fact that two months ago we asked for a series of documents from Transport Canada and we haven't seen them yet. I know the clerk has a carry-forward list; I certainly do, and I'm sure you do, Mr. Chair.
Can we have any update on where we are on that, and can we get Mr. Payne to deliver any analysis he has?
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Larry Miller
Okay, maybe we could have that update for the next meeting and if you could get the appropriate documents—
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Manager, Environmental Response Systems, Department of Transport
Certainly, if it pleases the committee, we'll look at what we can provide for the next one.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Larry Miller
Okay, thank you.
I want to thank our witnesses for being here today.
Mr. Chisholm and Mr. Mai brought up a point of order on Mr. Watson's comment. We all know that in the House of Commons it's not appropriate to point out a member's absence or presence, but it does happen from time to time. It's much different at committee, and one of the reasons is it's noted in the minutes of the meeting. It will be noted that Ms. Chow is not here.
Opposition members take shots at the government and other members on the other side, and vice versa. It happens all the time. I would suggest you adjust your sensitivity button a little. It happens.
With that, the meeting is adjourned.