It's difficult because we're not a harbour authority, so we don't have the resources. The town doesn't. We're a not-for-profit organization, so we don't have the resources or the authority. I don't actually think giving the town or a not-for-profit the designation of a harbour authority would do the job. There's still the problem of enforcement. I think the most significant thing that could be done in this bill, and my compliments to Minister Garneau, Ms. Jordan, and Ms. Malcolmson for getting us to this point. I think what makes the biggest difference now, given that this is still within federal jurisdiction, is registry and licensing. That's what we're talking about, a registry and licensing program going forward. Given that it's still within federal jurisdiction, put something in the bill now that would assign fees, some kind of funding mechanism, and negotiate with the provinces and communities later. Let's get this started. I believe there is money available for cleanup, as you probably heard earlier, from the ship-source oil pollution fund . So giving more power to a community that.... Ladysmith doesn't own a boat. When they want to go out and look at those vessels, they come to us and we take them out on the boat. We've gone out with the RCMP and tried to get people to leave but we don't have the authority.
On February 14th, 2018. See this statement in context.