Transport committee  That's correct.

Transport committee  My understanding is the intention is for all liability.

Transport committee  Yes. In the event of a major incident, it's to encourage full participation by whoever has the resources to participate and can add to the response, without fear of liability.

Transport committee  I'll begin. It does in the same way that we have hundreds of different terminals in Canada that are certified for security. Transport Canada has undertaken to inspect them and satisfy themselves that the security plans of those terminals satisfy what's under the international re

Transport committee  The parallel, as I mentioned, is what is proposed with the ship-source oil pollution fund, borrowing money in excess of $1.4 billion of liability for cleanup from the Canadian consolidated revenue fund. The recovery of that money in the case of an incident involving oil would b

Transport committee  Unless I missed it, I don't think it's specifically addressed.

Transport committee  I stand to be corrected.

Transport committee  I don't want to speak for the government because this specific point is not covered in the bill in terms of the excess—

Transport committee  I think Ms. Legars is absolutely right. I'm not aware of anybody breaking those liability limitations. I met with the tanker safety expert panel yesterday afternoon in Vancouver, and not to dwell on that too much, but as you may know in phase two of their research and mandate t

Transport committee  Yes, that was the crux of the issue, in the sense that in our part of the world, on the west coast, Canadian responders, if they went to the assistance of the United States authorities, had responder immunity and we were not providing that responder immunity of this side of the b

Transport committee  It is.

Transport committee  I'm not sure from reading the bill what the intention is. However, a parallel mechanism has been recommended by the tanker safety panel in the event of an incident involving an oil spill, whereby the Canadian consolidated revenue fund would actually be used to support the ship-so

Transport committee  They are, yes.

Transport committee  Well, I think you can say that they're under the government's commitment to develop. As Mr. Wilson described it, we have an excellent record of capability in managing the marine traffic on the coasts of Canada. What we want to do for what is sometimes referred to as a world-cla

Transport committee  Yes, it's Transport Canada. For example, on the expansion of the national aerial surveillance system, which you referenced, it was announced last year that this was the intention. In fact, the minister announced last week that in fact that is going ahead, and the budget for natio