Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
And thank you to you three for being here.
It was a pretty bold statement that you made at the beginning, as well as last week, about the fact that 26% was the grade for how many actual assessments or audits of the safety management systems had been carried out. You conclude at the very end of the report that “the Department may not have the assurance it needs that federal railways are operating on a day-to-day basis in compliance with the regulatory framework for rail safety in Canada, or that they continuously improve their safety management systems.”
As you've already indicated, you're not analyzing whether safety management is a good or bad system. It's more a matter of asking, now that it's here, is Transport Canada actually managing it effectively? Am I correct?