Mr. Speaker, this issue has to be taken in its overall context.
I think everybody in the House would agree this is not a simple business of deciding on a maritime service fee for all of the country.
There are a number of options. One was to consider a port specific fee structure, but that would not work. Another was to consider a national system, but that would not work either.
The system we have now considered in this iteration of the consultation really looks at three regions: the Pacific, the Atlantic and the inland and Laurentian region.
If the hon. member says the commissioner of the coast guard was not responsive to suggestions, I have to remind him that no fewer than 300 people and parties were listened to. The marine advisory board has regular consultations with him. He is going on now to do more iterations and consultations. While he may not have given on major points yesterday, the purpose of the consultations is to have one more round before we go into effect.