Transport committee  You're very correct. From an overall perspective, you have the two approvals: the environmental assessment approval and the Navigable Waters Protection Act approval. In reality, if an environmental assessment approval is negative, the project doesn't proceed. That is to say, for

Transport committee  Okay. Maybe I will turn to David Osbaldeston. I know that he has been following this closely from a technical perspective and will be able to shed some light on this.

Fisheries committee  The rules and requirements under the Marine Act apply to vessels. This federal requirement applies across Canada. Vessel masters have to meet these requirements, to obey all the safety rules, and so on. Even if a vessel is docked in the harbour, there are also requirement to ensu

Fisheries committee  No, I don't think so.

Fisheries committee  Yes, we can talk about that. From an inspection and enforcement perspective, fishing vessels between 15 and 150 gross tons are required to be inspected and certified every four years. This has been going on for quite some time. Currently we haven't looked at reviewing our inspec

Fisheries committee  For us, what matters, is the safety of vessels. Masters and crews should be well aware of the capacity of their vessel in different conditions. In my opinion, the most important thing for a fisherman is to know when his vessel is at risk at sea. This is the reason why we have re

Fisheries committee  Victor, maybe you could give details on that.

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chair, my name is Bill Nash. Following on from the DFO presentation, I'd like to give a brief overview on the stability requirements for small fishing vessels. I'll be covering the following points during my presentation: the current stability requirements, the application of

Transport committee  With respect to making it mandatory in the domestic area, there aren't. We have found, though, as mentioned, that a great number of the larger vessels across Canada—pretty well all the Great Lakes fleet—are voluntarily complying with SMS. There is an interest among certain operat