Mr. Chair, I am not asking the minister in general. I am asking her specifically, and here is why.
I asked the department, when it came to committee, to give us information. It says it has 142 full-time equivalents assigned to rail safety oversight. We sent this answer to the Auditor General of Canada, and here is what the Auditor General of Canada wrote back to me a week ago:
...we cannot provide any level of assurance on the information recently provided by Transport Canada officials. The Department does not specify how many qualified inspectors it currently has available to conduct audits.
I ask once again. Exactly how many qualified inspectors does Transport Canada have to conduct audits?