Fisheries committee  Thank you.

Fisheries committee  My take on that is that the vessel had at its disposal the equipment and better forecasting that was utilized by the vessel's captain to make a decision that, at that time, he felt was the best decision that he could make. I would hate to speculate that he had additional informat

Fisheries committee  I'll check with internal counsel to make sure I don't contravene any rules in terms of providing that information. I'm happy to provide all that information to the committee, so that the committee can come up with a solution in the future.

Fisheries committee  Yes, definitely. How it would have expedited the process would be that we would have had all the information to work with that was already disseminated with the various parties prior to the Nanaimo Port Authority being involved. Having that information from the onset would have

Fisheries committee  Yes. My comment is simple. Just as this committee is a committee where all the great minds come together to come up with a solution, similarly in the western region, all the port authorities, the Canadian Coast Guard, TC, RCMP and all other partners also come together to find a c

Fisheries committee  I'll let Vancouver Fraser Port Authority talk about that.

Fisheries committee  That is CBSA.

Fisheries committee  Yes, it is.

Fisheries committee  Yes. The shipmaster will provide all documentation that CBSA requires to administer their regulations accordingly.

Fisheries committee  Negative. That would be the ship's captain's responsibility. For containers coming into Canada and being off-loaded here in Canada on terminals, it would be CBSA's responsibility to make sure they are screened and properly managed. With regard to the terminal, they also have a re

Fisheries committee  There was a delay in managing the Zim Kingston incident. I do believe that the Nanaimo Port Authority was included after all other options were exhausted. If the Nanaimo Port Authority had been included from the outset at the table to discuss options for the Zim Kingston, perhap

Fisheries committee  Yes. Zim Kingston provided Nanaimo Port Authority with a waste management plan. In collaboration with the terminal, Nanaimo Port Authority was assured that the disposal would take place as per their register in terms of what type of waste would be disposed of and how, who would b

Fisheries committee  I can go first. The Transportation Safety Board investigates all incidents and provides factual information in terms of how those incidents could be mitigated with best practices in the future. It is an independent agency that provides that information, which could be leveraged

Fisheries committee  It was adjacent to the hot work being performed and—

Fisheries committee  That's correct. It was exposed to the open air. The reason the spark got away and got into the reefer container was that the fire blanket did not cover the reefer unit fully.