Environment committee  There are two ways it can be done. As Mr. Warawa noted, there have been decisions in Canada where the courts have alluded to it. So far, though, none of the decisions have firmly established that the doctrine exists in Canada, or the content and meaning of it. Most of the academ

Environment committee  Exactly, so if you do it this way, through the legislation, you're going to affirm immediately that yes, this is part of Canadian law, and for parliamentarians this will allow you to define precisely what you want the content and meaning of this doctrine to be. If you leave that

Environment committee  Our computer is not working, so I can't double-check the—

Environment committee  They all do the same thing. Basically, in all four of these acts they're saying that whatever this domestic law we're dealing with, the Marine Liability Act is the one that prevails in the case of an inconsistency, which is the domestic law implementing the international law.

Environment committee  Yes. It's the Marine Liability Act that prevails.

Environment committee  Mr. Scarpaleggia's?

Environment committee  The provisions of that act, the Marine Liability Act. Sorry, the Marine Liability Act and the convention say the same thing. The reason this wording—

Environment committee  That's right, because if you reference the international law, I think there are concerns in some circles about subjecting Canadian sovereignty to international law, which people are sometimes uncomfortable with. If you reference the Marine Liability Act, then we're only subjectin

Environment committee  Right.

Environment committee  Guyanne is distributing some examples of wording used in some other legislation to deal with this particular issue, which was raised by the shipping industry. These are just a selection from four different acts of ways that it's been dealt with. As you'll see in most of them, the

Environment committee  It's not legal advice.

Environment committee  I would have to look into it, to be sure, but of course the committee can define it how it wishes in the definitions section.

Environment committee  Certainly, if you wanted to.... I stand to be corrected, but I believe Mr. Woodworth's concerns could be addressed through the definitions.

Environment committee  You're right, it was Theresa McClenaghan of the Canadian Environmental Law Association.

Environment committee  I think the purpose of retaining the word deny there is because you've got two parts after that. So no, the Government of Canada can't deny a person standing to participate in a court matter, but the Government of Canada can deny a person standing--the first part says “to partici