C-402An Act to amend the Marine Liability Act (national strategy respecting pollution caused by shipping container spills)

What it does

• Requires the transport minister to develop and implement a national strategy on pollution caused by shipping container spills.
• Requires the minister to give Indigenous organizations a meaningful chance to help develop the strategy.
• Requires an independent study of current gaps, salvage capacity, spill prevention and cleanup measures, ship manifests, container tracking, and a possible cleanup fund, then a report to Parliament.
• Requires the strategy to include measures to prevent spills, improve communication, create a joint spill response task force, monitor and remove debris, fix gaps in the current regime, and fund research on plastics and removal methods.
• Requires the minister to table a report with the strategy and implementation schedule within one year, then file annual progress reports starting in the year of the second anniversary.