I had five points that I wished to discuss; I will only touch on the first two. These are questions for our staff. Two weeks ago, the Department of Transport indicated that it was sending us some documents, such as the proposed amendments, the existing legislation, the proposals, and so forth.
First of all, have we received these documents? I think that two weeks should be enough.
Second, what is the existing legal and regulatory framework for safety management systems?
Essentially, what are the current legal and regulatory underpinnings for SMSs today? I think that might be useful information to have.
For the witnesses, Mr. Boucher, during your testimony you seemed to be concerned with the power to delegate regulation-making. Are you concerned in particular with section 5.31, with the notion that the organizations that would be designated by Transport Canada could establish standards--essentially three or four times throughout this--subsections 5.31(1) and (2), in particular, “establishment of standards”, and then “a designated organization has all the powers necessary to monitor compliance with the standards and rules that it establishes”? Is that your concern?