I talk to DFO three to four times a week about various issues.
What I would say is that, as a safety regulator, we obviously have our points of view, which we share with DFO. They may or may not choose to believe, accept, or act on those. Every department is faced with a lot of pressures in terms of workload. Obviously DFO makes their decisions about what their priorities are. As a safety regulator, I certainly make my decisions purely based on safety. Hence, for example, after the recent change, when it became clear that people were making stability changes and not getting them assessed, we made it mandatory from a safety perspective, although the changes were being made for other reasons. If I think they're having an effect on safety, then I make a regulation.