Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  Absolutely. First of all, we've been handling tankers for 50 years and we've had no incidents with tankers at all. The only spill we had was one that was purely accidental. There was a bolt sticking out of the dock when the vessel was pulled back alongside the dock. But from th

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  I've been on the coast for 20 years, so I'll speak from that perspective, and I've been with the authority for 13 of those 20 years.

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  From the authority's perspective, we don't get involved with the CEAA part of the project. What we deal with is TERMPOL, and there are no changes to that.

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  Yes.

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. In the interest of time, I'm going to jump ahead slightly. I think the question comes down to why have pilots at all. In short, it's a country's insurance against a marine disaster. By placing a pilot on the vessel, you're ensuring that at least one member

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee. I'm going to confine my comments today to who we are and what we do on the west coast with respect to the marine environment. We are the Pacific Pilotage Authority, one of four pilotage authorities across Canada and a fed