Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to both our guests.
Mr. Barnes, Justice Wells talked about this a bit, and I'd be interested in your perspective. You indicated that safety has hugely improved, and you talked about the need for a little about more concern, perhaps, where contractors move into a working environment and operators have less control over direct safety. You said that that's where some of the focus needs to be in terms of this improved regulation.
I'm curious about this in a more general sense. I'm from the Yukon Territories, as far away from the Atlantic as you can possibly get. I notice in industry that regulations and laws are sometimes very comprehensive and really drill down to what you absolutely have to do. Other times, they basically identify minimum standards. What I've seen a lot of times, particularly in the last dozen years, is that industry is starting to surpass the minimum standards of regulations that are in place. They're exceeding them. They're actually starting to set the bar, and then regulations and laws catch up to the standards and practices of industry.
Is that your impression as well? Do you have any comments on what I'm observing across the north in the way industry is dealing with occupational health and safety regulations?