Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm going to quote a paragraph about 10 centimetres above the box that says, “Give to Quebec!” and suggests donations of $5, $10, $15 or $25: “Meanwhile, the Standing Committee on Transport is paralyzed by the Liberals, who are refusing to hand over the requested documents and hear testimony from victims.”
Am I the liar?
It's on the website. It goes on to say, “This committee, which was meant to be a forum for listening and finding solutions, is completely hamstrung by the Liberals, who are even refusing to convene it.” That's unbelievable.
I will now get back to my serious work.
I was saying that the government is co‑operating, but within reasonable limits. The department has sent all the information we need. I think the clerk has worked extremely hard to meet the needs of all the witnesses who've appeared since the beginning of the study. We received testimony, reports, analyses, statistics, a detailed plan and a framework for action. We're willing to work with the analysts. I've already asked the analysts if they're keen to start drafting the report. I didn't ask for a response, but I raised it with them.
We also reinstated the requirement for the T4A slip. This is a major step forward. Even Xavier Barsalou‑Duval acknowledged that.
I don't think our government has been closed to the idea of meeting all needs. What we want, in fact, is to work in a targeted way. We must not drain each of the departments of their capacity to provide services because we are tapping too many resources. We say yes to transparency, but no to administrative overload, which slows down action, costs taxpayers dearly and diverts public servants from their essential road safety work. Imagine what would happen if we delayed the work of that entire team. The work required to prepare these documents would come at the expense of road safety. It would be irresponsible for the committee and the government to accept that.
I'm now going to talk a bit about how the Bloc Québécois presented its 10 requests, because Mr. Barsalou‑Duval may come back to them when he speaks.
At a press conference, the Bloc Québécois raised 10 points that should be addressed. These are 10 structural requests made in good faith by the Bloc Québécois. The goal is to impose reporting obligations on all companies in connection with the Drivers Inc. model. Those requests are legitimate in and of themselves, but they are not necessarily legitimate for the government. We responded that the government viewed the 10th request as legitimate—the one concerning the T4A slip. We agreed.
It must be said that many of these requests would require the federal government to encroach on areas of provincial jurisdiction. Such a request from the Bloc Québécois is quite something. I'm not sure the leader and whip of the Bloc Québécois would agree with that. I don't believe that those great defenders of Quebec's interests—who always say that what belongs to Quebec must remain in Quebec—would agree that the federal government should interfere in their areas of jurisdiction. I'm not sure it would suit my colleague's political party if the federal government were to tread on Quebec's toes in order to respond to these 10 online recommendations.
We're talking about roadside checks and everything outside federal services: the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec, the police, registration, licences, training, the issuance of class 1 licences, administrative fines, tickets, vehicle inspections and so on. It's a lengthy list and I could go on.