Transport committee  I'll leave that to Jerry, but I don't think so. The law will be the law, if adopted. Jerry, you can clarify that.

Transport committee  Just to clarify, we would not want to comment on a specific case. I just want to make sure you know that we wouldn't want to comment on a specific case. Jerry's comments were, broadly speaking, what would apply to a trainee with the amendments. Jerry is indicating that there was some uncertainty about who is a passenger and who isn't.

Transport committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. We're quite pleased to be here today to present the amendments to Bill C-7. We have circulated a deck that provides an explanation of the bill. So this is a technical briefing from officials. I have with me experts in the field in case there are any questions: Jerry Rysanek is a director of international marine policy at Transport; Mark Gauthier is general counsel, a specialist in marine law; and Donald Roussel is the director general of marine safety.