Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'm going to go back to some of the questions I had identified from the report. I'm turning to page 16, paragraph 4.47, where the Auditor General said, “We found that Transport Canada developed some standards with little data to support them.”
The office goes on to give an example:
For instance, rear-view (or back-up) cameras will become mandatory in the United States in 2018 following a US Congress request to protect pedestrians. Transport Canada officials told us they will follow suit, even with limited data and safety benefits.
Who makes the final decision on the introduction of a regulation such as making reverse cameras mandatory, and why would a decision like this be made without the evidence to support it?