Thank you, Mr. Chair. You got to me a little earlier than I expected, but I appreciate you rescheduling the intervenors.
Thank you for coming here today. Although I missed your presentation, I did read it. I'll start with the issue that you raised actually in your presentation. You said that we all know that quality risk management is based on quality information. You said that information must be free flowing and the reporting system must encourage and accommodate both the proactive reporting of hazards and the negative reporting of incidents and accidents.
Now, we have Bill C-6 coming forward that actually would subscribe...from the Access to Information Act a lot of the reporting that currently one might be able to access. We've also had the issue around the civil aviation data reporting system and the fact that this is not accessible to people who used to be able to access that information.
My first question is, how does that jive with...? We're having more restrictions on the free flow of information, particularly around accidents or near accidents, and very clearly, you've made a statement that I agree with, that we have to have the proactive reporting of hazards. We must have quality information, and the public absolutely has a right to know when there are safety issues.