To answer Mr. Harris' question about why this has taken 13 years, I think there was a lot of effort made to get this through faster. The fact is, though, you had so many government departments that were working on it; you had to try to get agreement among not only Nova Scotia labour, Newfoundland and Labrador labour, and the federal labour department, but also other departments that were involved.
On top of that, through that period, you had two governments that were going through minority governments. To get the legislation through, to get passage, it creates issues. I think that was one of the delays.
This legislation does to some degree address the issue of having a separate safety regulator. I probably mirror Justice Wells' comments last week to this committee that when it has to do with helicopter safety, the ability to set up the independent safety officer will be a good addition.
We also remember that when you talk about the Transportation Safety Board and Transport Canada, both the C-NLOPB and the CNSOPB are part of the international regulator forum. They do learn about best practices. They do talk to their colleagues in Norway, Australia, and the U.K. on a regular basis. I think some of the changes that have been made in this legislation will enable them to implement some of those changes faster.