Have you read the Auditor General of Canada's report on rail safety? Has your board of directors read the report? Have your lawyers read the report?
Mr. Dias, to what extent are you and your union colleagues seized with the details of the recommendations in here?
The reason I ask this is simple. We've had a series of witnesses come forward and tell us that there are safety management systems in play. No doubt there is a strong culture of safety at VIA. No doubt there's one, apparently, at CN and CP. Although I asked the executive vice-president of CN Rail this week whether or not he was seized with this report, and his answer was, “It's not my job”—unbelievable—“to worry that the regulator is given enough money to regulate.”
Can you tell us if you've read the report? Because despite all you're saying, all your testimony, I think Canadians are going to believe the Auditor General before anybody else. Whether it's the management of VIA Rail, CN, or CP, or the labour movement, they're going to believe the Auditor General. I'm asking if you're seized with the findings in this report.
It's really serious business here. To what extent are you aware of what's going on here now in terms of Transport Canada's failings?