Before I get to any questions, it's probably appropriate to take a step back for a second.
The government's approach with respect to what is happening in the west first of all was an immediate solution to ramp up the cars available, if you will. That was the order in council.
Bill C-30 is not a long-term structural change. It's intended to address near-term issues in a more comprehensive way than the order in council allows us to do. Through that we're proposing, among many things, a flexible regulatory approach to some of the service level issues that have been raised, as opposed to putting in force a legislated framework, and trying to be prescriptive about it in that approach for a short duration.
The third aspect is that we are proposing to accelerate the review of the Canada Transportation Act. It's important because of some of the bigger structural questions. Earlier we heard from witnesses about the establishment of a transportation authority and some other things like that. These are major structural things and we don't necessarily know what the interrelationships will be. I don't even know if they'll exceed the scope of the bill as it currently exists. But some of these issues related to major structural changes to the legislative framework of the Canada Transportation Act are probably dealt with better in that earlier review, so we can take a look at that.
I think Bill C-30 has to be looked at with a view of not trying to solve all the issues, if you will, in a structural fashion. That being said, it doesn't mean there aren't opportunities. There'll be consultation, obviously, on the regulations. I think we've heard a number of witnesses who think that will achieve at least some of the important objectives related to operational terms of service level agreements.
Is that a fair understanding of that approach in that regard? Do we understand that we're not trying to solve all of the issues, if you will, structurally with this particular bill? Are you comfortable with that approach, knowing that the bigger questions will be dealt with in an accelerated fashion?