Fisheries committee  Thank you, Chair.

Fisheries committee  To the best of my knowledge, I don't think that the Zim Kingston was under any pressure to dock, because that was exactly the reason.... Because of the congestion in the port, the vessel was required to wait for many days before they could actually dock, so there was definitely t

Fisheries committee  There is a robust protocol on that, which is followed by the shipowner and also supervised and managed by the class certification that actually certifies the class of the vessel. I believe there is an annual inspection regime. There's a quinquennial inspection regime. Any items t

Fisheries committee  That's an excellent question, Clifford. This is an issue that was bothering all of the global community of container carriers, and also the safety of the container vessels. I believe it was about six or seven years ago when IMO implemented the mandatory weighing of all contai

Fisheries committee  I'll answer the question around the response time. It is extremely important. The response time framework needs to be developed in Canada. Unfortunately, we do not have response timing. With our neighbours down south, this was one of the issues they addressed through the Oil Po

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Lisa, for that question. Any fee that we implement is always going to be tough for any entity. What we need to look at in the broad perspective is the competitiveness of Canada as a whole. Are we creating a thing where the cost of bringing in goods is going to increas

Fisheries committee  That's correct. For any mode of transportation, carriage by sea is the lowest in terms of the emissions standards.

Fisheries committee  That is correct. Most of the incidents that have happened with the lost containers are related to the weather, but far [Inaudible—Editor].

Fisheries committee  We didn't have anything.

Fisheries committee  We had nothing. We relied on private companies.

Fisheries committee  That's correct.

Fisheries committee  My thought on that, Robert, is that no one agency has the entire bandwidth to deal with such a major casualty. We have to work with all three levels—federal, provincial and local—and with other agencies to gain their support. I think we have established a good emergency response

Fisheries committee  I can answer that question, Mel. Thanks for the question. The Zim Kingston was actually loitering out at sea when the incident occurred, with the high seas and bad weather. At that time, there were anchorages available in the port's jurisdiction. Unfortunately, the port authorit

Fisheries committee  Unfortunately, Mel, I don't have any response to that, or any indication on what the government's plan is around the extension or a national strategy on emergency towing.

Fisheries committee  Again, I don't have any information on that. I'm sorry, Mel. I think that will be a question most suited for the Canadian Coast Guard, which has been involved in tracking the containers.