Thank you, Mr. Chair.
One of the previous witnesses talked about safety management systems and obviously, there are regulations and we know that's important, safety management systems being sort of an augmentation of that. The statement was made that the safety management systems in a lot of cases are yet maturing or still maturing. I know when you look at VIA Rail, CN, CP, or perhaps larger operations, their safety management systems may be in a different stage.
Is there a maturation process in safety management systems? What might that look like and are there disparities among operators that need to be looked at?
Would anyone care to answer that? Perhaps, Mr. Fleming.