Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• Coasting Trade Act, in respect of amending the act to introduce some flexibilty, exempt the repositioning of empty containers between Canadian ports, and allowing transhipment in Canadian ports.
• Pilotage Act with respect to the final offer arbitration process.

Policies or Program

• 2005 Protocol to the 1988 SUA Protocol: support for ratification by Canada
• 2005 Protocol to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA), 1988 : support for ratification by Canada
• Annex V of the Marpol Convention with the respect to reception facilities (Cargo residues & Others).
• Asia Pacific Gateway, with respect gateway reliability.
• Asian Gypsy Moth policy for marine vessels, with respect to inspection and certification procedures.
• Ballast Water implementation with respect to Transport Canada implemetation policy proposal.
• CBSA with respect to container release processes after a commercial exam.
• CBSA with respect to developing a Canada-US contingency plan in cases where ocean going carriers must divert to ports across the border due to unforeseen and/or unavoidable circumstances.
• CBSA – Arctic vessel reporting, in respect of the possibility of reporting to any locally available federal agency and/or providing an alternative reporting.
• CBSA, container examination centers, in respect of financing and governance.
• CBSA, with respect to letting surveyors board tankers at Les Escoumins
• CBSA, with respect to the assignment of a carrier code to foreign ocean carriers and issuance of bonds.
• CBSA: Bay plan reporting, in respect of the new requirement for electronic Bay Plans.
• Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) with respect to work permit requirements for temporary foreign workers on cruise ships.
• Canadian Coast Guard iceabreaking program for the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in respect of meeting agreed level of service in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
• Canadian Coast Guard icebreaking program, in respect to ensuring the renewal of the icebreaking fleet.
• Canadian Coast Guard with respect to modernization of Canadian waterways.
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency with respect to the level of service available for ship inspection prior to grain exports.
• Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and Transport Canada (TC) with respect to developing a federal government policy and strategy for ships inspection in remote regions.
• Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Transport Canada with respect to the regulations of vessels transits and operations in marine protected areas.
• Energy efficiency measures with respect to options considered by the International Maritime Organziation (IMO)
• Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic: in respect of gaps between the FAL Convention and Canadian practice.
• International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties, 1969, and its 1973 Protocol: support for ratification by Canada
• International Joint Commission, in respect of adopting a plan that assures stability of water levels in the St. Lawrence River.
• International Maritime Satellite Organization (IMSO) Amendments 2006: support for ratification by Canada
• International trade agreements negotiated by Canada, with respect to internatonal shipping services.
• Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks , 2007: support for ratification by Canada
• Pilotage in Placentia Bay, with respect to delays.
• Seafarers Identity Documents Convention (revised), 2003 (no 185): support of ratification by Canada.
• Transport Canada with respect to Canada's preparedness for SOLAS upcoming requirement on container weight verification.
• Transport Canada with respect to assuring consistency in the regulatory interpretations of local port wardens.

Regulation

• Customs tariff, in respect of extending the remission on customs duties on imported ships to ships that are under a coasting trade licence.
• Reporting of imported goods regulations, in respect of consistent application (memorandums D-3-5-1 and D-3-5-2) and in respect of Advanced Commercial Information reporting.