(b) aircraft at any operational location for which the licence is endorsed with a terminal control rating, an area control rating or an oceanic control rating; or

In other words, would you say, as one of the senior legal people in the department, that you could thereby control the destruction or displacement of soil on the ocean floor beyond 200 miles to include areas such as the Flemish Cap, the nose and tail of the Grand Banks or any other section of the ocean floor that extends beyond 200 miles?

The geometry of the ocean region, as a surface.

At sea, Canada-U.S. co-operation involves the surveillance and control of vast ocean areas on both coasts and in the Arctic.

The result is that the minister's authority under the Aeronautics Act to impose overflight and oceanic charges would cease upon Royal Assent.

HMCS Ottawa deployed there, like many of her predecessors, for a variety of complementary reasons: to underscore Canada's enduring interests in the region; to interdict those who would use the seas for unlawful purposes, including terrorists; to further Canada's objectives in preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, especially given our participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative; to further Canada's relationships with regional powers and coastal states; to reassure regional friends and security partners; to deter those who would act against our interests; and finally, to prepare for potential follow- ...[+++]on operations were that required.