Transport committee  If I can point to subsection (b), there's an “and” in there that's very important. You're right that, if this were just a list, it might have additional discretion, but subsection (b) says that they would be directed to proceed and then to moor and do those other things. It's kin

Transport committee  I just want to add the reason that this fairly large section was not included. There are two ways to go with the AMP regime: to do it through regulations after the legislation is in place, or to embed it in the legislation. We chose the embedding in the legislation to make this l

Transport committee  I'll provide a general response, and then maybe see if any colleagues have a specific example to point to. It's important that, in this subclause, the use of the word “may” connotes an illustrative list, so here's a list of things that the situation may require, and one of thes

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  This amendment removes any discretion on the part of the receiver of wreck to not take action to determine the owner of the found wreck, and the time when that sort of thing might be important is perhaps when there's a wreck that someone else has already reported, and so that's n

Transport committee  Just to kind of build on that, there may be some confusion about “single point of contact” versus “receiver of wreck”. Receiver of wreck is a long-standing concept in maritime law. There's a designated official to look after the interests of an owner of a vessel, of a wreck, when

Transport committee  The Coast Guard is the lead on certain elements and Transport Canada is the lead on certain elements. When it comes to the public wanting to ask a question, report a situation, report a vessel, it would be through the Coast Guard's 1-800 service that it would be done.

Transport committee  I guess I'd say a few things. Two years was selected in part because in the Navigation Protection Act, there was a two-year presumption as well. The very important difference in this case is that never before Bill C-64 would there have been an actual prohibition on abandonment. T

Transport committee  Part of the national strategy on abandoned vessels that was announced as part of the oceans protection plan is precisely to look at owner-financed funds, both for large vessels and for small vessels. The modalities of doing that have yet to be determined, but discussions are unde

Transport committee  This amendment is to deal with an oversight in importing the provisions from the Canada Shipping Act, 2001. In that legislation, the government had existing authorities that enable regulations to deal with heritage wrecks. This amendment will allow the retention of those authorit

Transport committee  It is something we've been talking to provinces about. It's certainly of concern to them when sales tax is avoided as well. We're looking at that in the context of the licensing system and the improvements that need to be made.

Transport committee  I will confirm with the committee if my understanding is not correct, but I do not believe there's a requirement to proceed once the assessment is done. However, as I say, if that is incorrect, I'll get back to the committee.

Transport committee  I can say that in consultations over the course of 2016, we did speak to communities across the country about what was needed, and a lot of the feedback from that was used to build the abandoned boats program and the small craft harbours program. We acknowledge that the first c

Transport committee  As the minister acknowledged, there was surprise over that. I believe our programs people are looking at how to facilitate and how to market and how to get the word out in terms of access to these programs going forward.

Transport committee  I would have to check with colleagues. I'm not managing those programs.