It is difficult to say. In the minister's press release the minister did not articulate a rationale for it, but only that it was being repatriated to Transport Canada.
It came as a complete surprise to many of us in the aviation community. It is our view, largely without any justification that we are aware of... Insofar as their safety record is concerned and insofar as the management of the program is concerned, I think, in fairness, if anyone thought that the only program of its kind in the world was going to proceed in the absence of a learning process, they were dreaming in technicolor.
So there were bound to be some warts, and the CBAA was in the process of fixing their problems up, but it wasn't a reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater, and that is why we think it signalled a retreat from SMS principles, which are to provide a responsible industry segment with more authority to influence their regulatory environment.