Sorry about that, but this is something that needs to be brought out.
I'm carrying on before I get to the question, Mr. Carrier's question. One of the purposes is not to have you folks here to look for something wrong, it's to ask you to look at the bill and, from your perspective, if you have some suggestions as to how this committee can improve it, whether it's information sharing or whether you see something in the way the government wants to coordinate, the ability to react to a situation that could have a pan-Canadian implication, which will in all probability affect your sector.
Please feel free to make those suggestions. I don't think we'll be so sensitive that we can't see them for what they are, and that's a genuine interest in making them better. Perhaps Mr. Davis might feel...and these questions are just general, because specifics relate to the bad guys. What plans do you have to thwart their evil doings, shall we say? Because these hearings are public, we need to assure people in a general way that the agencies we have at our disposal, both public and private, work in an integrated fashion in the interests of the people we all serve, our customers and our client base, as well as our constituents.
That having been said, in some of your installations that have the propensity for greater harm should something go wrong--and I'm thinking in particular of nuclear or nuclear-related industries, but it could be dams also, because we know there can be things happening there--would I be correct in saying that from a nuclear facility--and I know there was mention of Chernobyl, which won't happen in Canada because the CANDU reactors are much better--one of the issues to be concerned about not only involves the police but fire and some other issues?
When we were dealing with police and fire, Mr. Ménard asked why a policeman or fire protection personnel, or for that matter ambulance services, would want to rush into a potential problem. Quite frankly, Mr. Ménard, they would be prepared to jeopardize their safety. I can tell you that.
Fire, ambulance, and then the police are often first responders. Would you say that Ontario power generation and distribution keeps in constant contact with Emergency Preparedness planning? As for any changes they see and information they think needs to be passed on to the various agencies, do you feel there's an appropriate exchange of information with which to allow those public safety people to do their jobs? And if so, with what frequency does that occur? Then, if you feel free, maybe you could relate that to the rest of Canada.