Could you speak to the committee about how this is going to be applied with respect to American-flagged vessels? I ask because the United States is not a party to either the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea or the Nairobi convention. The U.S. has explicitly stated its concerns with respect to both of these UN treaties, and they do not believe the treaty can be applied to American-flagged vessels in territorial waters. Maybe you could speak a bit to the Canadian government's position if this bill in front of us should become law.
On February 5th, 2018. See this statement in context.