Mr. Chairman, I'm at a stage where, rather than pursue questioning, I'd like to make a couple of observations, because I think this has been very helpful despite the fact we had a very vigorous first exchange.
One of the things that appears to have come out of the responses from Mr. Smith and Mr. Balnis right now is that we need to speak with some of the unions that represent the inspectors. That's number one.
Also, we need to speak again with the officials entrusted with implementing SMS, because I think we need to get a better understanding of how many people are required on the ground for the kinds of operational parameters they operate under.
Finally, why is it that the observations by employees, or those who report, haven't been dealt with in a fashion that demonstrates a two-way communication system? On that score, I just wondered whether Mr. Balnis would make available to us those recommendations that his union proposed to Transport Canada in 1999 for the implementation of the SMS system.