Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to address the issue of the number of inspectors. There was a suggestion at a previous meeting of this committee that the number of inspectors had gone down. One witness, I believe, suggested that. I believe we asked that witness to table information supporting that. Mr. Laframboise just a few minutes ago suggested the same thing. I would ask him to table evidence to that effect as well.
It's my understanding that the number of inspectors in 2002 was 862, and it went up to 873 in 2006-07. So I'd like to see some clear evidence that despite the fact that SMS has been actually implemented in the airlines, in fact the number of inspections has gone down, regulation has gone down, and somehow the whole system is at risk.
Are any of you aware that the number of inspections or the number of inspectors has actually gone down since you've implemented SMS? None of you?