On October 31st the Chamber of Shipping President, Robert Lewis-Manning, appeared before the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities via videoconference on the proposed Oil Tanker Moratorium Act, Bill C-48.  The Committee has heard from several witnesses, some of which are proposing the moratorium be extended to the south coast and others more critical of the consultation process and lack of evidence based decision making in determining what persistent oils would be captured in the export ban.  Our formal submission was sent to the committee today.