Mr. Beatty, I'm sorry, I have a limited amount of time.
I have two things. The first is, why did you wait so long to notify Toyota owners? That is my question. Four months is far too long, especially when you knew about it. I think there's no question that Toyota waited too long to inform them, based upon your network in the United States and elsewhere around the world. Certainly I would like a real answer to that question.
Secondly, in your recommendations themselves, you indicate four particular recommendations, none of which really deals with the issue of the sticky gas pedal. You're trying, in my mind, to cast blame on Transport Canada for the resources, concerning which they indicate clearly that they have enough resources. That's an issue of perception about which you speak of an “additional level of confidence“, so that Canadians can have more confidence, more perception of safety.
This is about reality and about people's lives on a daily basis using your products, which aren't safe. I'd like to know why it took so long to notify owners—and the regulator, in this case—that there was an issue of safety, when clearly all of us around this table recognize that there is an issue of safety that has been there for some time on this technology. Why?