What I can do is provide information that the department is already on the record as stating. This is why SMS is coming into place. It is really giving industry the responsibility for ensuring the safety of the system, despite the fact that the act itself requires the minister to—
It was interesting to have an opportunity to have a number of discussions with Transport Canada. In assuming that SMS was already in place, at a meeting earlier last year, their focus was already turning to how they would ensure that the public would understand this, so that when an accident does happen, Transport Canada won't be the one that is blamed. How would they make sure that industry is the one that is blamed and not the minister?
I have news for the minister: the Canadian public is going to hold the minister accountable for public safety. It doesn't matter if there's an SMS in place or not. It is going to be the minister. It is going to be the government that is held accountable and asked why this has been allowed to happen.