Ms. Ireland, I appreciate that. I am not contemplating a situation over the feed or rest time. I am contemplating a situation where the ELDs come into play. I appreciate your answer, because what you said is that, particularly in certain circumstances, as opposed to keeping the animals on the trailer, there could be a situation where animal health is “not optimal”. Those were your words.
The final question I want to ask is, how do we find a pathway forward from here, in your view?
Perhaps this is for Ms. Vanstone.
As parliamentarians, we are engaged by industry and different groups all the time. That's our work, regardless of whether it's agriculture or another industry. I found the testimony from the industry relatively compelling, because they're not necessarily seeking a section 16 exemption. They're not asking for a regulatory or legislative change. They're asking for what I found to be either a policy statement or further guidance specific to the situation I just illustrated for you.
Transport does not seem willing to go down that path. I received letters on this before Christmas, so that would have been in 2022. We're almost a year on.
You mentioned that the CCMTA has not necessarily convened to provide that document. When is that going to happen, and how can we get the Department of Transportation, federally, to start driving that conversation at that convening level, in order to provide this guidance? I think it's important to make sure there is some certainty in there.
I took note that you said it already exists, but the industry feels it doesn't, so we have an issue that I think has become very technical. However, we want to try to get a resolution for the benefit of those in the industry and those, of course, on your side. We're trying to make sure there is certainty in the regulations.