The legislation that I'm questioning is the existing legislation, which is to say that you're required to have 10,000 tonnes of response preparedness and response capability under the Canada Shipping Act today.
The response organizations are required to have that level of response capability under that legislation, as it exists today, and that's the legislation that Captain Houston's panel is referring to in its recommendations.
On the west coast of Canada, we currently have 28,000 tonnes of response capability based in the Western Canada Marine Response headquarters, and scattered up and down the west coast. What we have found in public consultations is that with tankers considerably more than 10,000 tonnes, even up to 300,000 tonnes—in the event should the Northern Gateway be approved—the public perception is that there is not enough response capability.
Certainly, in the marine sector, we agree with those questions that are being asked. When I make that comment, it's in the context of 10,000 tonnes of response capability, and you're going to be bringing in much larger tankers than 10,000 tonnes; therefore, in order to generate the social licence that you need, you need to clearly demonstrate that you have an adequate level of response capability.