Transport committee  The Corporation des pilotes du Saint-Laurent central, which represents the pilots that guide the ships in our region, previously conducted an analysis of this and came to the conclusion that 95% of ships were complying with the recommended voluntary lower speed limit. In my area

Transport committee  I can answer that question. In marine areas in Quebec, such as the Gulf of St. Lawrence estuary, shoreline protection programs and initiatives are under way, mainly in connection with climate change.

Transport committee  We've contacted Environment Canada. We submitted requests, to Minister Guilbeault, in particular, but we haven't officially met with him yet. The programs that have been implemented are mainly funded by the provincial government, as far as I know. To my knowledge, Environment Ca

Transport committee  Many studies have been conducted on the link between commercial shipping and erosion. There was Diane Dauphin's study in the 2000s. Those studies showed that commercial shipping had a major impact, accounting for more than 50% of the total impact in places where the channel was c

Transport committee  We lose two metres of land to erosion every year on our property on Île Sainte-Thérèse, which is opposite Varennes. There are no works protecting the shorelines near the seaway. We lose about a metre of land in the years when the water level is low and two or three in the years w