Natural Resources committee  Actually, I have no alliances at this particular time.

Natural Resources committee  What's curious about the ban, if we really analyze it--

Natural Resources committee  We look at the ban, and it's—

Natural Resources committee  Yes, I'm getting to it. We're targeting--

Natural Resources committee  Okay. So on my question with the respect to the ban, the ban is targeted in a particular area on our north coast. But what it's banning is entrance in and out of our coast, when at the very same time—and this is where the irony is—we have tankers transiting from Alaska down to Ch

Natural Resources committee  Very good--

Natural Resources committee  You're impressive with the Greek.

Natural Resources committee  Très bien, monsieur, et merci bien.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you and good morning. My name is Kaity Arsoniadis Stein. I am the president and secretary-general of the International Ship-Owners Alliance of Canada. I'm also director of the International Maritime Centre, director and vice-president of the Vancouver Maritime Arbitrators

Environment committee  I'm not saying that full out, but I'm certain that considerations will be made whether a vessel sailing from the east will check into the port of Vancouver. We now have the widening of the Panama Canal. It could be that these larger vessels will just do the whole journey, instead

Environment committee  I'm not saying our environmental standards are so high; I'm saying it's good to have excellent enforcement. We should definitely keep our principle: polluter pays. We should remain with the strict liability for very high penalties. But where it comes to imprisonment, we should ab

Environment committee  I'm sorry, can you rephrase the part about the jail penalties?

Environment committee  It is a very important and complex case that requires in-depth analysis. I don't know the number off the top of my head, but while most judges said it was a breach of the Constitution, it was saved under section 1 of the charter. So the saving provision of section 1 allowed the c

Environment committee  Why don't I start here? I can tell you that right now the international community is watching the Bill C-16 developments very closely. Right now, our global economy is really suffering. Canada has fared pretty well. Our banks are doing better than most banks globally and have an

Environment committee  If that can be shown, I don't have a problem with that.