The public should not have to pick up that cost. I think the act allows them to recover the cost, and hopefully the municipality or whoever is involved would come good. I know that the current fines have not been used significantly, and perhaps that's because they're so low that Transport Canada doesn't feel it's worth pursuing.
We don't have a strong feeling about this, but I would point out that there are things, and I shouldn't be saying this from my seat here, under the act that probably should be infractions that aren't. For example, failure to apply under this act to receive an approval is not a violation of the act itself. Under most legislation, it would be.