New licence numbers

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:15:31 -0400, "P. Drummond" <pat.RemoveThis@ncf.ca.INVALID>
wrote:

>Love those invisible files! Should be visible now.
>http://boating.ncf.ca/license-port.html

On that page, I notice that you say:
"Number-letter combination such as 32E9876 (E for Ontario and 32 for
Ottawa) was a license number issued by a provincial government before
2007."

Vessel licensing has always been a federal responsibility. The
licence for my old boat was issued by Fisheries and Oceans Canada in
2002, and I recall going to the federal govt Registrar of Shipping to
get my first vessel licence many years ago.

If vessel licences were a provincial responsibility, surely each
province would have its own format for the numbers.

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