Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm very glad that you've started to look into SMS, Ms. Fraser, because of course we know the controversy around implementation of SMS in the railway system and escalating derailment rates. It has been a real problem.
Your report is very much a wake-up call to parliamentarians. You talk about the department not managing areas satisfactorily, no short- or medium-term indicators, no identification of human resource requirements, and the department did not document risks. Very clearly, there's a problem. It's a bit of a mess--the implementation of the first two phases--which certainly would mean I think that the government should be taking a step back from further implementation.
But I'm interested, now that you've had that first look into SMS.... You didn't look into delegation of licensing. You didn't look into the oversight by industry lobby groups, and we know there's a problem. We've had a very safe business aircraft industry up until recently. We've now had a very high-profile crash with three people dead from A.D. Williams. Now that people are starting to die, I think it's incumbent to look into this whole question of delegation of authority. Clearly we're starting to see the first signs of what we saw happen in the railway industry.
You did respond to my letter about why you didn't choose to look at delegation in the first stage, with the Canadian Business Aviation Association. Now that you've seen that there are some significant problems, I'm interested to know if your next step will be to look into delegation of authority, and to look into the CBAA, particularly, in light of the loss of life.