Since December of 2017, and coming into full effect at the end of this year, the U.S. has completely phased out the use of paper logbooks. Paper logbooks capture the hours-of-service rules of a driver and of the company. I think it's important to alway recognize that a company has a responsibility; it's not just the driver.
From our point of view, having paper logbooks to govern a system that is so important because it manages the fatigue of drivers, and leaving that in the hands of paper, which is far more open to falsification.... It's time for a change.
What we are asking for—and Minister Garneau is leading this—is to see as soon as possible the final rule published in the Canada Gazette and to have a rule come into force as quickly as possible. That could be in as little as a year.
That is what we'd like to see. We think it has tremendous benefits for public safety. As I mentioned, because we are talking about efficiencies, there are significant efficiencies, in particular for small businesses.