There are two motions. Why don't I begin with the shorter one? It's probably faster that way.
I trust that you have the first motion in front of you. It asks us to support “the introduction of a regulation under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act requiring side under-run guards for large trucks and trailers to prevent cyclists and pedestrians from being pulled under the wheels of these vehicles”.
Quite a few years ago, a coroner's inquest studied the deaths of cyclists in Ontario over 10 years. It discovered that the largest percentage of deaths among cyclists was caused by cyclists being sucked into the wheels of big trucks, between the front and the back wheels. The coroner's inquest at that time had recommendations, one of the top ones being to install these under-run guards on large trucks. That was quite a few years ago.
Since then, different municipalities have said that we should do this. I have asked the minister to do so. The trucking industry said that it would cost a bit more money--and you might understand their point of view. I note that most of the European countries—in fact, all of the European Union—have these under-run guards between truck wheels.
Since the start of this campaign, there have been other deaths, unfortunately, one being that of Jessica Holman-Price, whose mother...it was a very high-profile situation in, I believe, in Newfoundland. There is now also a private member's bill before the House of Commons requesting the same thing, so I want to present this motion for this committee's consideration.
Mr. Chair, do you want me to talk about the next motion or do you want to do them one at a time? It's whatever you prefer.