Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Minister, my first question has to do with clause 12 of Bill C-6 which includes subsection 5.31(1) which reads as follows:
5.31(1) The Minister of Transport may designate, from among organizations that meet the conditions prescribed by regulation, one or more organizations whose activities relate to aeronautics to exercise or perform any of the powers, duties and functions set out in subsection (2). The Minister shall give a designated organization a certificate of designation...
Subsection 5.31(2) sets out the functions: the establishment of standards for the certification of persons, the establishment of rules governing the prescribed aeronautical activities and the establishment of standards for the issuing of approvals and authorizations, etc.
This brings us to subsection 5.31(3) which I will quote because I would like to hear your reaction to this:
(3) A designated organization has all the powers necessary to monitor compliance with the standards and rules that it establishes.
Minister, I want to know whether you fully agree with that.