Now I want to follow up on another question asked by my respected colleague across the way, Mr. Daniel. Why were all the powers previously conferred on health and safety officers—they are the experts, they know what the issues are—now being given to the Minister of Labour? I have serious concerns, because whichever committee I go to, such as my previous committee, more and more powers are being vested in the ministers instead of, in this case, health and safety officers. I know this may be getting into the political realm and you may not have a full answer. I'm okay if you say you do not know why, but I still wanted to get it on the record, that it's really beginning to bother me how much power is being vested in the ministers in all kinds of different ways.
On November 19th, 2013. See this statement in context.