The Honourable Justice La Forest of the Supr
eme Court of Canada made it very clear in Whitbread v. Whalley, and I assure you it is not this gentleman, that the law of navigation in Canada has two fundamental dimensions: The ancient common law public right of navigation, and const
itutional authority over the subject matter of navigation, both of which are necessarily interrelated by virtue of section 91(10) of the Constitution Act of 1867, which assigns
...[+++] exclusive legislative authority over navigation to Parliament.