There are three options, really. One is the size of the vessel. One is the time of the year. The other one is age.
I can dispel the age piece because we've kept 13 years of statistics. Our fatalities that involved children 14 years and under make up 2% of all fatalities. That's not the demographic. Is it because the parents are making these kids wear them? That's one of the big issues on Let's Talk Transportation. People want kids to wear them all the time.
When we look at those three items, it is about size. We are doing testing right now about the weather and temperature. It's not about people falling in cold water. It's about gasping. It's about entering the water involuntarily and taking in a gasp of water. It doesn't matter what the temperature is. People think it's all about cold water. They think between November and April, they'll wear life jackets. We at the OPP know Georgian Bay is cold year round.
We would like to see less stable vessels, where people are losing their lives.... We have the stats for vessels at six metres and under, which is about 19 feet and under—those vessel types. They show that 88% of fatalities are from people on vessels under six metres.