Public Accounts committee  No, but they've been active influences in the political process.

Public Accounts committee  My experience with this--and prior to becoming chair of the board--was that when Robert said it was unacceptable, one party found that whatever was proposed was unacceptable. It might have been the shipowners, or it might have been the pilots, or it might have been the government

Public Accounts committee  Depending on what their objection to the proposal that was on the table was, it might be the Canadian pilots, it might be the Canadian shipowners. They've both been active influences--

Public Accounts committee  If I could, I think I understood the question--I hope. We wouldn't require pilots on the ship. The reason the ships in the current regime have had an exemption is that they have experienced personnel with that ship within the system. So that's been a recognition of those skills.

Public Accounts committee  Perhaps I could answer that; I thought we weren't going to answer your question on that. We are at the bottom of the supply chain on this kind of issue. We're the tail at the end of the dog. There is nothing we can do--short of perhaps offering pilotage services for free, which

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. Thank you for allowing us to be here today. I just want to add a few comments. I won't take too long. To put it in perspective, I was appointed to the board of the Great Lakes Pilotage Authority in March 2007, so I've been