Transport committee  Yes. This is the objective.

Transport committee  Well, we have experience with AMPs for other parts of the Shipping Act. It has been in force since 2009 so we have developed some experience with the use of those tools. They are very effective. They work very well. We're getting better compliance with the use of AMPs, so we're g

Transport committee  That is a very good question. Why is it $25,000? Why is it not $30,000? It all depends on the infraction budget, but remember that the other measures, such as prosecution or decertification of ROs, for example, are still available to us. We still can go there.

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  Yes, it's $25,000.

Transport committee  I'm sorry. On the fines, yes, it's fairly high.

Transport committee  Yes, and to make it clear, the act does request that the oil handling facilities make themselves known so we'll have complete knowledge of the landscape on that.

Transport committee  Yes, we have.

Transport committee  Yes, certainly. In terms of gaps, the first one of course is the responder immunity. That's an important one given the fact that agents of response organizations and contractors, for example, who would come from the United States to enhance our response regime do not have the i

Transport committee  What we're interested in vis-à-vis that bill is to ensure that we have adequate response capability in Canada and that we have the best response capability we can. We're interested in this side of the border. Our responders do not enjoy the same immunity down in the United States

Transport committee  Currently they are not. Therefore, there is no agency overseeing them, and that's what this bill is meant to do.

Transport committee  Currently they do not.

Transport committee  They will be required to produce plans, keep them up to date, and so on, and there will be a suite of regulations that will be implemented pursuant to the coming into force of the act with regard to oil handling facilities, and SMS might be something that could be considered.

Transport committee  Once the new system has been implemented, all of our marine safety inspectors will be trained and be able to carry out those inspections. We currently have about 314 inspectors for all of Canada, but that can vary from one day to the next. We are currently in the midst of hiring

Transport committee  We have inspectors everywhere. Of course, since these facilities interface with ships, they are located on the coasts or along the St. Lawrence Seaway. We have some in Newfoundland and Labrador, the Maritimes, Quebec, Ontario, the Prairies, the north and the Pacific region. Curre