Thank you so much, Minister, for being here today, and thanks to the department representatives.
I come from British Columbia. I want to talk about some things that are important to us out on the west coast. That includes the world-class tanker safety system. On top of that, I have a couple of other questions. I just want to give you a bit of a heads-up in case we don't get there and you want to do some prep. The second question I want to ask is around the clean water from transportation program. The third one is about the gas tax.
Regarding the world-class tanker safety program, in my constituency many people come up to me and ask me questions, for example, what is it, and how can you assure us that this is a world-class tanker safety program and that these aren't just words? I'd like to give the minister and the department staff an opportunity to answer these questions.
Why is this program needed? Why do we know that Canada needs this program? What are the changes being made to assure British Columbians and other Canadians that this is a world-class tanker safety program?