Including the Senate is, but I have a reservation here, Mr. Chairman. My concern is that this, if adopted, could be seen as the standing committee of the House substituting itself for duly or legally mandated organizations or bodies, such as the Transportation Safety Board or others. I know what the committee has the ability to do; it can review any regulation under this act. But “either on its own initiative or on receiving a written complaint regarding a specific safety concern” is the line that bothers me.
One interpretation could be that upon receiving a written complaint, we must. I know we can do it on our own initiative, but if someone sends us a written complaint regarding a specific safety concern, you could read this and interpret it as meaning that the committee must usurp a mandate that is set in law for another agency of the Crown. That's my concern about this particular section.