But the main conclusion of this report from the Auditor General is that Transport Canada can't say whether or not the safety management system is actually in place and providing safety. It's really simple here. This is a conclusive audit.
In three years, carrying four million passengers a year, VIA Rail was not audited once by Transport Canada in detail, not once. Of the audits that are required to keep our private sector railways safe, only 25% were conducted, based on what Transport Canada says is required.
So you know, it's partly holding VIA Rail's feet to the fire, and CN and CP, but it's also the role of the regulator, of Transport Canada, to do its job. If you go through this report, it's outrageous in terms of the detail around what's going on here. We can't sweep this under the carpet. It's all here in black and white. It's so serious that the Auditor General said when he testified that he's coming back to look at this again in a kind of mid-term, mid-course correction way.
Have you taken this to your board? Do you see that there are only nine inspectors when they need 20? Do you see that only 25% of audits have been conducted? Do you see that they can't even conclude that there is an SMS that's worthy in place?
What are Canadians riding VIA Rail supposed to make of this? What are of the workers with Unifor supposed to make of this?
Mr. Dias, can you help us understand?