The answer is that the changes we're proposing will greatly improve aviation safety in the country. Safety management systems, I've said it before, were put in place to add an additional, an extra—I don't know how to say it differently—layer of regulations above and beyond the existing regulations. This is the issue that's at hand.
We are not, I repeat, taking away from what is already there. We have indicated we are going to correct attrition. We have indicated that, yes, we have the same level and the same number of people carrying out inspection. We are looking at amendments to reassure the committee members to that effect. We've got the Canadian pilots association, who welcomed SMS. The airline industry officials have come here and they've welcomed the safety management systems that are put in place.
The accident rate continues on a downward trend, and it's expected that SMS will further reduce the accident rate. We're committed not only to maintaining, Mr. Fast, but also improving upon the record, and accident prevention continues to be the primary focus of Transport Canada's safety efforts. That's the long and the short of it.