On the question of resources and inspections, we are doing a record number of inspections. I don't think looking at this per number of miles or whatever is a good indicator, because what we need to focus on is having the data to measure where the highest risks are. The department has been using all the resources, and new resources have been provided as was explained in the context of the Railway Safety Act review a number of years ago. We have over 100 inspectors. The instructions to staff are to fill all the positions. It's all about having the inspection plans and delivering on the inspection plans.
What the report of the Auditor General points to is that we have not done a good job of meeting our quota on the audit side of the SMS system. But certainly this was about ensuring that we target our resources to the areas of highest risk. We have operational plans in each region, where people identify, in their view, what the highest risks are. It's the job of Laureen and Luc to ensure that the resources that are needed to deliver on those expansion plans are there. They are there.
The Auditor General's report points to the fact that we need to take this to a higher level by fully implementing SMS, delivering on the audit plan, and training our people to do the audits, and then we will be in a better position to identify exactly where all the risks are on a data and evidence-driven national basis and to deploy our resources across the country and wherever the highest risks are.
But as of today, I have confidence that the people on the ground have been doing this work for many, many years. They are, on a systematic basis, following operational plans. We're being told that we need to up our game. We need to increase our connectivity to have better data. We need to modernize our approaches and have a more systematic approach. My basic point is that along with the people on the ground, we're doing that, improving at the same time as we're delivering on the inspection program. It's not one or the other. We're doing both.