I want to thank all our witnesses joining us today, not only for the testimony that we're hearing today. I also want to thank members from the industry who have made the effort to meet with members of Parliament, over the last number of months, to raise the issue around the recently issued notice of intent and some of the concerns around it, which I believe fuelled a desire to put forward a motion to have a study like this. I want to thank you for that.
Mr. Jones, I want to return to your opening remarks. I know there was quite a bit you didn't get to because of the time that each one of you has. I want to speak to the statement you made in your opening remarks, which was, “These new regulations, however, are not proportional to the risk and will serve only to put our services beyond the reach of Canadians in many areas”. You went on to say that “the proposed changes will erode safety, not improve it”.
I really would like to give you an opportunity to expand on those observations in your comments.