Public Accounts committee  We have been working closely with most of the companies that are involved in the International Maritime Organization. It's an automated identification system that takes intelligence from overseas and allows us to monitor when these vessels come into Canadian waters. It will be completed and fully operational on both coasts and throughout the Great Lakes in 2011.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chairman, we have looked at comparisons with other coast guards around the world, and we have regular meetings in both the north Atlantic and the north Pacific. Going specifically to the crewing systems we have, they're all negotiated on our behalf by someone else, as you know.

Fisheries committee  I think we are very comfortable in Canada with the national search and rescue system, and our statistics are based on the contribution of everyone to saving lives. So if you have vessels of opportunity, if you have coast guard auxiliary members, if you have Department of National Defence, or if you just have a vessel or a recreational boat passing by, all of these contribute to the statistics.