Marc Gregoire has gone out to various stakeholders including ports, associations, pilots and relevant authorities to recommend changes, having conducted a review of Canada's Pilotage Act.

“We feel that safety is not an issue,” Shipping Federation of Canada president Michael Broad says. “The record is excellent, but efficiency is another story and improvements have to be made.

“We would like more transparency, more accountability, more KPIs [key performance indicators] provided by the authorities, as well as certain KPIs the pilots should be meeting.