Yes, I appreciate that. You put that in your letter--again, the letter of February 19--and it strikes me that you're trying to cover your tracks. Because on January 21, you issued that notice of defect to Transport Canada dealing with the pedals, both the PA46 and PPS materials. Oddly—and this is what is disturbing—in committee testimony on March 16, you stated, and I quote you, “Our first case of a sticky pedal was in late October”. That was 2009. You said, “At the time we didn't know what it was”.
You can imagine.... I would be shocked that you would say that you “didn't know what it was”. So for three years, according to your letter, Toyota is dealing with this issue and you “didn't know what it was”, but you also indicated in the testimony that it was your responsibility—yours—to issue a recall notice the moment you became aware of a defect.
Now, Mr. Beatty, I don't understand. It would have taken you three years when at the beginning of my questioning I asked you whether you were aware of section 10 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, which holds the “company that manufactures, sells or imports any vehicle” and so on, responsible...? Why would it have taken you three years?