He is, and he will continue. Inspectors in other modes do have this authority also, but it's delegated to them by the minister. Luc will cover that aspect.
As far as the monetary penalties go, the way it works in other modes is that a regulatory inspection or an audit is done. There is an investigation for which the conclusion is that there was an infringement of the rule. The rule was broken, so a monetary penalty must be given. It's not the inspector who has done the analysis who gives the fine to the company. In aviation--and again I'll let Luc explain what is being proposed for rail, but it's not there yet because we don't have it in the legislation--it's the original manager of enforcement who makes decisions on the fines. For instance, the inspector will say, “Here's what I found, and given the track record of this company, here's my recommendation. We should fine this company $5,000.”
Then there's a process in which the company is invited to an informal meeting by the manager of enforcement, where this could be negotiated, so the company will say, “Yes, but it's my first offence. Don't be so harsh”, and blah, blah, blah, and it could end up at $4,000, in which case it ends there. If there's no deal, the person can pay an appeal to the TATC, the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada, which of course would have to be the case here if we came out with monetary penalties.
That's how it's done, and we would like to say that we would like the same thing in rail, rather than reinventing a different system.
By the way, we're now starting the implementation on the marine safety side under the Canada Shipping Act, 2001. Up until now, we were only able to prosecute companies. We just had the final regulation in the Canada Gazette. We will be able to go ahead with monetary penalties, and it's the same thing in the marine security environment.
I'll let Luc cover the notices and orders.