Transport committee  I mentioned earlier that we have experience with the notion of reasonableness in the application and interpretation of other acts, such as the marine act, the Pilotage Act, and some parts of the Canada Transportation Act.

Transport committee  I'm referring to the interpretation of what is reasonable or not reasonable.

Transport committee  If I may add, Mr. Blaney was talking about timelines earlier. The formal process has a 120-day time limit, unless the party agrees to have an extension, which is the case in a lot of complex cases. But mediation is driven by the party. It depends on their availability. It depends

Transport committee  Thank you very much.

Transport committee  You have made yourself clear. If the bill states that the Minister may request that the Agency do this, then the Agency will have to wait until the Minister makes the request.

Transport committee  And if the bill states that the agency must do something, then the agency will do it.

Transport committee  That is your problem to deal with.

Transport committee  No, I am not uncomfortable. Our job is to enforce and interpret the act, and your job is to draft legislation.

Transport committee  I don't know.

Transport committee  We don't intervene.... In the marine act we intervene on some specific issues, but not noise.

Transport committee  : I can respond as we go along: it will be easier that way.

Transport committee  The Agency has experience with reasonable and unreasonable situations. We operate within the Transportation Act as well as in piloting and some provisions of Canada's Marine Act. We have the expertise and we are used to dealing with noise or with reasonable and unreasonable situa

Transport committee  The guidelines will be drafted. The use of decibels is only one way to assess noise. It will certainly be factored in when we consider our approach. They are guidelines, and not regulations. Guidelines are the preferred option because they will allow us to undertake a national co

Transport committee  Perhaps, because I...

Transport committee  As I explained when we appeared before the committee last time, we are preparing the conceptual framework for the guidelines. As soon as the legislation is implemented, we will undertake a consultation process with all of the country's stakeholders, in order to establish these gu