Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Chief, I want to drill down a bit more on the overall planning and protocols that you're a part of. Quite frankly, when you see the panel here today, for the most part these are people who would otherwise sit around the table when you have those situations.
Prevention is first and foremost, and with that comes disaster mitigation, something that this government has invested in over the past three or four years, from both the operational and the capital sides, which are extremely important.
Also important are the CERTs, the community emergency response teams, that you put in place from the operational side; evaluating the risks within the municipality, which I'll get back to in a second; and, with that, recognizing, as was just mentioned, the sectors that are well-equipped—rail, industry, etc.—on the capital side of it in terms of having equipment in place or overall planning with the CERTs that are part of the community.
What is also important is the capital, and when I say the capital, I mean really taking into consideration the secondary planning and actually recognizing that if you have a leak from a train, it may leach into the water system, and, therefore, recognizing how important it is to also have as part of the process the engineers of the city, public works operations and others such as that, like coordination, training and communication.
How do you inform the public? Sometimes it's quiet at three o'clock in the morning, so how is the public informed that they should not drink the water the next day? Of course, there are plans and protocols attached to that.
To you, Chief, with all that said, run us through the process. First, who should be sitting around that table? Second, give us an example of the prevention models your exercises are participating in with those people. Third, how far do you go with those you would otherwise include around that table, including not just the obvious in terms of the emergency responders but also the others in the city's operations, jurisdictional operations and others who are very relevant to individual situations? By the way, what about the capital needed to pay for that?