Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Is the community located north of the 60th parallel?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Okay. First of all, the department that deals with the certification of the mariners, the pilots, would be Transport Canada. We would transfer any information we have as the ship reports through our marine communications centres over to Transport Canada. They're the agency that regulates mariners in Canadian waters.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Right. I'm going to continue in English. South of 60, with Transport Canada there's a regime where the oil-handling facilities in the community are required to develop a response capacity for the cargoes they move in and out. Hopefully that answers the first part. So if there's a vessel bringing any pollutants into the area, they—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  On the community kits, the coast guard has a tiered response to pollution incidents in the Arctic. We have small community kits that are available, pre-deployed in each community, because logistics is always a challenge in the north, as you know. We have worked with communities in the past to develop relationships and train individuals; however, there is always a turnover.