Mr. Laframboise, it has always been our intention to continue to have inspectors ensure safety by carrying out inspections, even with SMS. That's always been our intention. However, since we detected a certain amount of apprehension on the part of committee members and the general public, the minister decided to bring in an amendment to make it clear that sufficient resources will be in place to provide safety oversight. This is legitimate.
Of course, if down the road we find ourselves with fewer resources through attrition, in spite of our best efforts to obtain more resources and to hire more inspectors...There's no question that SMS is far more efficient than the current system in place. It helps to give us a complete picture of the carrier. Therefore, even if there are fewer inspectors, we still have better oversight. In the past, we needed many people to attend to a range of details. However, show me where I said that there would be staff cuts. I never said that.