Thank you so much for being with us today, Minister and staff. I'd like to say as well that I appreciate the multipartisan support for cleaning up abandoned and wrecked vessels from Canadian coastlines.
I'd like to build upon some of the questioning from my colleagues, the MPs for South Shore—St. Margarets and Nanaimo—Ladysmith. I very much appreciate that this legislation is designed with a preventative approach, whether it's prohibiting abandonment, requiring insurance, or putting in costs as a potential deterrent, but I'll follow up on Ms. Jordan's comments about vessels that exist within our waters today.
One of the issues that I see and have seen in my own riding is the scenario in which a vessel owner is unable or unwilling to move the vessel and doesn't have the capacity to finance its removal. Is there anything in the legislation we're dealing with presently that would prevent the federal government from taking enforcement action in removing the vessel from our shores in the event that the vessel owner doesn't have the capacity to cover the costs?