Yes.
Minister, as I think you know, I've been anxious to see this legislation for quite some time, and obviously now that it's in committee I want to see it progress as quickly as possible through this part of the legislative process. But I'm also anxious to ensure that when we get to the point of hearing shippers as witnesses before the committee, they will have a full opportunity to explain, if they see any deficiencies in the legislation, where those deficiencies might be. Perhaps they will make recommendations for amendments, and I hope the government will be receptive to constructive ideas on where this legislation might be improved.
Could I ask you about the nature of the SLAs, the service level agreements? The shippers were quite clear, over a long period of time, that there were six things they wanted to see in those agreements, not to prescribe what the precise terms would be, but the subject heads would need to be in the agreements. One of those would be a description of the services and obligations. The second would be communications protocols to describe how the parties talk to each other. Third would be performance standards. Fourth would be performance metrics. Fifth would be consequences for non-performance, which is a part of the subject we were just discussing. Sixth would be a dispute resolution mechanism.
Can you confirm, Minister, with the possible exception of the last one, which you referred to in your opening remarks, that the other subject heads will be in the kinds of agreements that would be arbitrated by the CTA, with those subject heads covered?