Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Ohayo gozaimasu. Welcome to the committee.
Being a professional engineer, I personally have my belief that if I have limitations in my own work, how can others believe otherwise? According NHTSA, 400% more vehicles with electronic throttle control systems had complaints compared to manual control vehicles. It raises the eyebrows. But on top of that, Exponent, the company, acknowledges some of the limitations of their system and then later claims to have looked at all those issues. Even though, Mr. Beatty, you have said that unintended acceleration never occurred, the firm does not believe its own results are scientifically valid. How can you suggest that their work is conclusive when they do not?
The second question is, you have known about this problem for many years, and what have you done to rectify it? Have you had discussions with Transport Canada? Transport Canada has a mandate to protect Canadian consumers. What have they done, and how are they satisfied that this problem does not exist any more?