Out of respect for Mr. Volpe, who I know has some questions, I'll be very brief.
I know this committee has done some excellent work with respect to vehicle safety, and particularly on the issue of Toyota's recall. I'm very happy to provide some more details and material to you. I'll leave it with you today. I understand your request is urgent and that you require the most accurate information possible.
The documents in question are the long-form expansion of the Toyota complaints received since the year 2000. This represents about 650 pages. There is a list of e-mails exchanged between Transport Canada and Toyota Canada concerning the recent series of recalls. This represents about 2,500 pages. Some of this material also needs to be reviewed by the Access to Information and Privacy Office regarding personal identifiers and third-party information.
The department has informed me that it will take approximately four days to remove the personal and third-party information from the material provided, after which time it could take at least 20 days to obtain consent from Toyota to release the information.
We are committed to being as transparent and as open with the committee as possible on these issues, and we'll make everything available that you request as quickly as physically can be done, because we appreciate the important work of the committee in this regard.
Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.