Mr. Chairman, thank you.
I would just say, Mr. Chairman, to the committee member, that you should be careful about the use of the word “exclusively”, because nowhere in the act does it say, in our reading of it, that the powers would be given exclusively to anyone. As we outlined earlier, there is still an opportunity for the minister to intervene at the appropriate time, and the proper mechanisms are in place to do so. So that doesn't go away. That is just as a point of clarity.
I'd also like to make it very clear that we have put forward a position that this is going to enhance safety. It will provide for the ability of people to make things safer.
We agree, and we outline it in detail in our presentation, that there are some issues, and changes need to be made, in the whole area of confidentiality and information so you can ensure that the information can be provided and that people on the front line can make things safer. But you should be careful to characterize in the debate that designated organizations cannot do things as safely or better than they are done today, because that's just, honestly, misrepresenting what is the intent of the act.