I'm glad you asked that question, Member Hardie. We had a good meeting this morning with Transport Canada as they are trying to work this out.
They right now have advance notification, whereby the firm would put in their application and show that they are eligible to opt out of the coasting trade licence because they are eligible under CETA. It only covers that eligibility.
Then, the other requirements, such as the safety standards, visa requirements, and the taxation, are all managed by other departments. We've been strongly asking for the past two years that there be a mechanism whereby one department takes the lead and coordinates across the other departments informationally to ensure that all those requirements are met, because we can see even under the coasting trade licence that they have struggled interdepartmentally.
When we met with them today, they even emphasized that we the industry are part of the policing mechanism to catch anyone who is in non-compliance. We said that we need to know, then, that these vessels are here. That was one discussion that we had: please notify us.
That is our first recommendation today: that there be a protocol led by Transport Canada to ensure that this coordination goes on.