In addition to the considerations the member has outlined, the minister also has a number of tools at his or her disposal, including issuing notices to shipping to alert mariners of a hazard and establishing an emergency zone, as defined, that could extend to directing vessels to leave, not enter, or remain in the zone, and that could extend to establishing speed limits or pilotage requirements. There are a number of things. All of those tools remain at the disposal of the minister in considering and weighing the facts of a particular situation, and they may be used in certain combinations, but not necessarily all at once, to declare an emergency zone as this amendment may obligate. The minister continues to have those tools at his or her disposal, and it's important to remember that the establishment of an emergency zone would likely be undertaken if there were a real impediment to navigation safety and/or if there were an immediate environmental danger.
On February 26th, 2018. See this statement in context.