Thanks, Mr. Chair.
It's impossible not to respond to my colleague, the parliamentary secretary. I just want to make sure that everyone is aware of the numbers from the “Public Accounts of Canada” 2011-12 and 2012-13. In my background, Mr. Chair, the numbers never lie. Always follow the money and find out where priorities are for the government by following the money. From one year to the next, they dropped from $75,594,201 to $56,492,575. When Mr. Watson speaks about “efficiencies”, it reminds me of Mr. Justice Dennis O'Connor's report about the Walkerton crisis. He talked about the previous government in Ontario, referring to efficiencies having led to a lot of water inspectors being let go and having led to the tragedy of Walkerton.
Mr. Nelson, you said that after your pilot project with SMS in five separate companies, you had a meeting with Transport Canada, and you put forward the recommendation that all vessels, regardless of size, have SMS in place, mandatory, but tailored to size and scope of vessel.
What did Transport Canada say to you when you made that recommendation?