Mr. Speaker, we can ask coastal communities how the Liberals' regimes are playing out. If a spill were to happen today, nothing has changed. It would be municipalities, conservation groups and first nations caught holding the bag. Promises and statements like that do not protect coastal communities. The Transportation Safety Board said that Canada is not properly prepared for marine emergencies, including marine debris spills.
The owners of the ZIM Kingston are only on the hook for six years under the current regime the member talked about. A hundred shipping containers landing on the bottom of the ocean are going to take a lot longer than six years to surface.
We are calling for the government to actually act, follow up on its own transportation board recommendations, listen to the recommendations and introduce a coordinated response plan that includes coastal communities, with an ecosystem service fee so industry actually pays for it and cleans up our coast when there is a spill.