Mr. Chair, I think it's completely relevant to the performance of the department when it comes to rail safety, because ultimate accountability for the department is with the minister, if I understand our parliamentary democratic system, and by extension with the Prime Minister, as the prime minister among ministers in cabinet. So I think this is an important question. I'd like Mr. Ferguson to help us understand as parliamentarians what bearing having five ministers in less than eight years would have on continuity—
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