Thank you, Mr. Steinley.
Colleagues, I'm going to take a round here, and I appreciate my Liberal colleagues permitting me that opportunity.
I want to ask about section 16. This is an exemption, Ms. Vanstone, that you have talked about. The industry was very clear that they are not necessarily seeking an exemption. They're looking for further policy guidance on compliance to ensure there is some understanding that there can be situations beyond the 13 hours when it might be more favourable to finish the trip to maintain the security of the load. They were trying to make sure that maintaining of security of the load applied in an agriculture and a livestock context.
One thing that was very apparent to me during the meeting was that Transport Canada was asking for statistics and information to round out the exemption.
You mentioned to this committee, Ms. Vanstone, that you don't have the data yourself. I know you're a member through Transport Canada. It sits on the CCMTA. If you don't have that information, how would we expect industry to necessarily gather it? What do you envision industry doing to help justify the section 16 exemption, if that was the direction they wanted to go?