I want to focus my time on clarifying a few items.
I know that Mr. Goodale on the other side of the table raised the question of whether you'd like the draft regulations to be tabled in advance of the bill passing. First of all, that would render the prospect of consultation with stakeholders meaningless, but apart from that, regulations usually flow once a bill is actually adopted. So I don't see how that's possible.
To our witnesses who are here today, I'm hearing some conflicting messages. At times I'm hearing some support for a regulatory approach. At other times I'm hearing support of, for example, the Coalition of Rail Shippers' approach, which is a legislative approach. I just need to be clear here, because the two are not fully compatible, if you will.
Are you looking for prescriptive legislative response in changes to Bill C-30, or are you content that some of these issues will be done under the regulatory approach after that?
I'd like each of our stakeholders to answer that briefly, and then I'd like to move on to another question.