Mr. Chair, I think that's a fairly good summary of a lot of the problems we've seen.
One of the things that we have seen so far coming out of the situation in the Gulf of Mexico is the first report that BP has issued. The department actually had folks from BP come to the department and brief us. In their report--and again, it's BP's view--they list eight things that happened, and a lot of them pertain to things that you were talking about. There was equipment failure. There were people who did not understand what was happening and what the various readings meant. There were instances in which they just missed things. There was a sequence, in their view, of eight things that happened that would be addressed by a number of the things you've mentioned.
What we're really waiting for is the presidential commission report that will be coming, I believe, in the next month or two months, possibly in January. A number of other reports are ongoing, and you can be certain that all three boards and the Government of Canada will be watching those very closely to see what lessons we can learn.
The other thing I would mention is that we're not alone in this. There's the International Regulators' Forum. The three boards that you had before you earlier belong to this larger international community. They spend a lot of time talking about new trends and regulations, how to regulate better, and how to address a number of the points you've raised. I think it's fair to say that a lot will be happening in that forum as the regulators take stock of what we've learned about how to prevent things like this in the future.