Mr. Chair, if the court feels that an inspector must appear before it, it will send them a subpoena, and the inspector will appear before the court. Given the number of road accidents and the number of claims in this area, you quickly see that our inspectors are becoming low-cost consultants. Numerous individuals from private companies are capable of providing professional advice in the case of civilian claims. So the goal of this provision is to establish some sort of control over the use of our experts. Naturally, in the public interest, the department or the minister will clearly provide the court with any required advice.
On May 29th, 2014. See this statement in context.