Let me, if I could, turn to Mr. Chalmers.
Mr. Chalmers, I can only describe your brief and your presentation here today as shocking. Do you believe that the SMS system is salvageable, with this proviso: I think everybody agrees, and Canadians who know anything about this would agree, you can't really have an SMS system without the backstopping or a foundation of inspection, enforcement, and audit provided by the federal government under Transport Canada, right?
What we're hearing from all three sets of witnesses today is that “Houston, we have a real problem” at Transport Canada in terms of the number, frequency, and types of inspections that are going on. The number of inspectors is an example.
Mr. Chalmers, can we salvage the SMS system?