Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to carry on with what Mr. Fast said. After the last incident regarding rail labour issues, I had an opportunity to meet one of Mr. Fast's constituents. I can assure you that these individuals took this very seriously, and it was close to a tragedy in the interior of British Columbia for those companies. I want to make sure everybody is aware of how important it is not to blow this issue out of proportion or to have an issue that actually comes forward out of this committee that would cause some undue strife and a breakdown of communication or labour negotiations.
I do want to carry on where Mr. Fast left off. A full review of the Railway Safety Act by an independent panel is going on as we speak. It has to have a report back to the minister by this October. In fact, he issued notices, and as Mr. Fast said, he issued orders and another order--the first time ever done by a minister in this particular area--for a safety plan for CN. In fact, I know there might be a slight bit of embarrassment for the Liberal members, because we have seen, since this Conservative government took control of this file, a 25% reduction in main rail incidents. That does speak to the success of this minister and it does speak to the success this minister wants to get to, which is to have the rail industry safe. It's not safe enough yet, but we are moving in the right direction.
I would suggest, finally, that the audit--