Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Welcome, Minister and officials. It's great to have you here.
Just on the last points that were made, I actually asked the witnesses if they objected to secret ballots and they said no. So that's what we did. We did exactly what the witnesses indicated they had no objection to, with respect to Bill C-525.
I'd like to talk about occupational health and safety, Minister, if we can. You did say in your presentation that from 2007 to 2011 the number of disabling injuries for all federally regulated sectors declined by 22%. I think that's great. We're moving in the right direction. Having fewer and fewer injuries in the workplace is obviously where we want to be, and the goal is to get to zero, obviously.
Would you be able to explain to the committee what strategies the labour program employs to produce this level of success?