Thank you.
Through you, Mr. Chair, that was a question in preparation for this meeting that I posed to our partners at the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation. They know at all times what the speeds are of ships transiting the seaway. In fact, they measure compliance with respect to the speed reduction zones. I believe the compliance is considered to be pretty high.
However, one thing I found interesting is that measuring compliance is not like how we would measure compliance in a car going from 100 kilometres an hour down to 80 kilometres an hour. There are many different factors involved, and they're fairly sophisticated, including knowledge of the type of ship, the vessel, the design, the characteristics of the ship, the load and the environmental factors at play.
The other side of the coin is that the ship has a minimum speed at which it must transport in order to be safe. My understanding is that this is communication that is best decided by the captain of the vessel, but there is active communication—that is the way I understand it—between the seaway corporation and the captain with respect to these speed reduction zones.
It sounds to me that there is a commitment to ensure that these speed reductions are occurring in the reduction zones. I would like to have more information, because it sounds quite complex.