Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to Mr. Moore and Mr. Njoroge for being with us today.
I've been a member of Parliament for only a very short time, and this is the most powerful thing that I've had a chance to witness in this job. I want to thank you for having the courage and the fortitude to be with us today to share your stories. My heart goes out to you. I don't know what else to say other than your persistence and diligence in pursuing answers is a gift to all Canadians who fly and whose families fly. I want to thank you for that.
I'm very compelled by your call for a public inquiry. I hope that's something we can join our voices in calling for.
I have a long list of questions that we've prepared. Many of them you've provided answers to already. I would like to hear from you about the path forward.
From previous testimony that this committee has heard, it seems like there are two main challenges that have arisen. One of them is the culture of self-regulation at Boeing and with the FAA, whereby you have Boeing employees essentially doing the work of the regulator and being paid by the company. That seems like the one challenge in the United States.
The challenge in Canada, it seems, is with the harmonization process, which is a process that our government sought as late as November 19, 2018, after the first crash. Our government sought to deepen that harmonization and, in fact, to reduce Canada's technical involvement in the certification process.
Can you talk a bit more about that and how you feel about.... We've heard from the minister that it seems like there's a step back being taken or he is stepping away from that commitment to that process. Could you speak a little more about whether we need to take an entirely different direction when it comes to certifying these aircraft?