Fisheries committee  Quite recently, with the fishing vessel safety regs, we have been quite clear that, if a vessel has a stability assessment—vessels are now required to get stability assessments under certain considerations—and then that vessel has been modified, they have to keep a record of the

Fisheries committee  That's correct. First we consult broadly, then we work with the various associations. There are what's called Canadian marine advisory councils that happen twice a year in each region and twice a year nationally. We have issued various documents, and we tweet. You name it, we use

Fisheries committee  I'll just highlight that from the perspective of Transport Canada. It's not different between any coast or within the middle of the country. There are differences in DFO, and I suggest the committee ask DFO why they have structured themselves that way.

Fisheries committee  Among the many ways that we relate to them, we have something in writing with respect to that relationship. We have multiple meetings in each of the regions. We meet regularly. We are in standing committees together. There are a million ways we interact with them.

Fisheries committee  It's a memorandum of understanding, among other things.

Fisheries committee  I wouldn't say that. We don't defer to DFO. For any regulation at Transport Canada, we use one method for measuring length. We're consistent—

Fisheries committee  It's not Transport Canada's role to regulate another federal department, so you can address DFO about—

Fisheries committee  I wouldn't say that.

Fisheries committee  That is correct.

Fisheries committee  Nine years, I believe.

Fisheries committee  We do.

Fisheries committee  You can't actually say that inherently a longer boat is a safer boat. There are a lot of factors having to do with the boat's construction. I mean the vessel's construction. Every Maritimer in Canada will be saying, “She calls it a boat”. It has to do with the vessel's constr

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you very much for this opportunity to address the House of Commons standing committee. As Transport Canada's Director General of Marine Safety and Security, I am well aware of the importance of the issues before the committee. Transport C

Justice committee  I am Jane Weldon, director general of marine safety and security at Transport Canada. Thank you for the question. There are in fact other references to certificates in other parts of the act, so, as my colleague was saying, we're just trying to be very cautious and make sure t