Thank you.
My thought on it is that the government has to decide what it wants to do, of course. You asked us to come here as a witness and to give our view on what we think should happen. We gave the same view to the tanker panel. If the government decides that it will go step by step and do this now, wait for the tanker panel, see what they say, and perhaps tweak it or adjust it later with a second bill, it's certainly not a decision for us, but for you. We have no comment on it, really, except to say that what we're saying here is the same as what we said to the tanker panel, which was I think well received.
It is true that they're going to file a report later in the year about HNS, not just about.... Their report is not going to be about Bill C-3. Their report is not going to be about liability. Their report is going to be about preparedness, about how we get ready for an HNS spill, like we're ready for an oil spill with Mr. Wright's outfit.
The government will have to decide how they wish to proceed, whether it's quickly or slowly, but one day, we suggest that you should come to our amendment.