Transport committee  There's a call open now, I believe. It closes in the middle of March.

Transport committee  I can take that question, if you like. Compliance agreements are a mechanism that exists in other Canadian legislation. They offer the possibility of someone who's violated the requirements of the legislation to acknowledge that there has been a violation and commit to addressi

Transport committee  —a $250,000 limit.

Transport committee  Thank you for the question. I think it's fair to say that we're early on in the plans with respect to that. There are a number of issues that we're trying to work through. When it comes to pleasure craft, for example, we have been looking at the model of Washington State. For

Transport committee  It would be the consent of whoever is responsible for that location. It might be the owner or the operator of the marina, whatever it is—

Transport committee  —the municipality—

Transport committee  Potentially it could be, exactly. It's whoever is responsible for that location.

Transport committee  There are legitimate situations in which someone might need to leave a vessel somewhere. It was felt that 30 days, for example, was too short in the case of those emergency situations; therefore, we went with the 60 days. Do you want to add to that?

Transport committee  Yes, and it's important to note that you can't just move it 100 feet farther down the water. There's the three-nautical-mile requirement as well.

Transport committee  They would have to be willing to pay to move the vessel outside the three nautical miles every 60 days. That seems to be a significant investment. The feeling was that someone who was not willing to act on their vessel responsibly is not likely to be making that type of investmen

Transport committee  The penalty is assessed once they have not taken the action. It's not punitive; it is compensatory—well, I don't know if I would use the word “compensatory”, but it is intended to be a deterrent. It should generally cost less or at least be comparable to the cost for them to actu

Transport committee  I don't know if you can speak to an individual pleasure craft with a $3-million price tag—

Transport committee  It's more likely to be a corporation, which has—

Transport committee  We're going back many years, with the most active consideration being in the last couple of years. We had to look at roles and responsibilities across the country. This is not a federal-only challenge; this is a challenge for provinces, territories, and municipalities. We had to

Transport committee  Madam Chair, do you mind if I go back on one small point related to Ms. Malcolmson's earlier question? I wanted to mention that the legislation gives us the capacity for making regulations. It gives us the power to impose conditions on the sale of vessels. That is an area where,