Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Preuss, I did read your presentation. I am concerned because you are telling us that you started to work on this in 1998. You set up a committee, a sort of industry panel, which has been meeting since 2000. You concluded by stating that the industry representatives support the bill that is before us now. They all seem quite satisfied with it. My only problem is that it is not up to the industry to decide how aviation safety is managed; that is up to Transport Canada. My general impression is that rather than strengthening Transport Canada's authority and that of its inspectors, more power is being given to the industry to guarantee safety. I find that far from reassuring.
I will ask you my first question. Currently, as far as commercial transportation is concerned, verification of industry capabilities, etc., is done by your inspectors; you said so earlier. How many do you have?