Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to our witnesses for appearing.
For the benefit of the public watching, it was Mr. McGuinty who was begging for a meeting on liability, and has now wasted seven minutes on the Auditor General's report, and not a single question on liability....
To clarify the record, the Auditor General did appear before Public Accounts and said he wouldn't be able to provide information on the progress of Transport Canada until he does a follow-up audit, so perhaps Mr. McGuinty should have read the rest of the quote that was likely in the letter.
To our witnesses today, let's start with protective direction 32, which FCM has been participating in, along with the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs, in the discussions with the federal railway companies. Do you support protective direction 32, which effectively calls on three things, as I understand it? One, it effectively establishes a registry of emergency planning officials in the communities; two, it establishes the obligation to provide historical data to these communities on dangerous goods through their communities; three, a means of engaging with those particular communities under confidential disclosure.