Transport committee  Yes, that's it.

Transport committee  The button has been pushed, I would say, because we've dusted them off and we're starting to talk with our colleagues in other governments and starting to engage with our federal-provincial-territorial colleagues at the culture and heritage table.

Transport committee  Yes. More or less.

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  Yes. We did quite a bit of work even before the authorities came into place in 2004, in view of those authorities coming into place imminently, all the way up to 2011. We feel that with the work that has been done now.... There was alignment back then. We would need to check and go back and consult with our provincial and territorial colleagues to see if what was thought of back then needs some updating.

Transport committee  Yes. There's a regulatory process, obviously. We need to do consultations and have public comment periods. Our hope is that if we had the momentum and capacity, they could potentially be implemented by the end of 2019 or early 2020.

Transport committee  It's because there are no inventories or databases of shipwrecks that have federal legal protection, as there is no federal legal protection at this time. The numbers we gave you earlier are from research done by my colleagues at Library and Archives Canada and by historians who estimate the number of shipwrecks that are currently in Canadian waters.

Transport committee  That's right.

Transport committee  Marc-André earlier gave the example of the U.K. legislation, which protects wrecks that resulted not only from conflicts but also just from general service. That's one example where something is protected that might not necessarily have become a wreck as a result of a conflict.

Transport committee  I think it would very much depend on the laws in force in that country, and Marc-André gave the example of France, where they would automatically protect it. They're not protecting just military vessels; they're protecting what they consider to be heritage wrecks. It could be other types of wrecks that would be in their waters that they would protect.

Transport committee  It would require coordination. As we were developing these over the last eight to nine years, there was consultation with provinces and territories. They have asked for regulations to be in place to get rid of that inconsistency between the federal law and the provincial law. Implementing the regulations would require coordination.

Transport committee  Do you mean for us to protect vessels of a foreign government in our waters?

Transport committee  I think the regulations would bring certainty. They would bring clarity to all involved in the country. The legislation and regulations would clarify what you have to do when you discover a wreck. They would clarify to those who were thinking of going to salvage heritage wrecks that they could not.

Transport committee  After that initial communication and the reporting of a discovery, Parks Canada, as the lead agency for federal archeology, would take the coordinating role. We would be the face of the work and the permitting, perhaps in co-operation with the province. Yes, sometimes it gets complex because we have to consult and work with other departments or other jurisdictions, but at the end of the day, it would be Parks Canada's mandate and authority to implement and give effect to the regulations and the permitting activities therein.

Transport committee  I'm going to have to take a pass on that question. Would you or Madam Burack respond?