Transport committee  And may we see a copy of this letter that we wrote to Transport Canada?

Transport committee  [Inaudible--Editor]

Transport committee  The reason I'm asking to see this letter is because I don't believe there is a letter. If there was, I would probably know because I would have written it, or we would have written it. There is reference in Dave Bayliss' letter to a letter, and I believe there was some conversation about a letter.

Transport committee  We did not make, nor have we ever made, specific allegations about anyone, which is why I'm questioning about this letter again, because that letter was implied by Transport Canada. Recently in a conversation, somebody else mentioned this letter, so I'm kind of surprised to hear you bring it up here today.

Transport committee  I don't....

Transport committee  I really can't speak to why Transport Canada would target a specific area in our country. I might suggest you ask Dave Bayliss for a copy of this documentation that supposedly exists. We have at all times stated that our concerns were with this industry across the nation, not in any specific area, and definitely not related to any specific company.

Transport committee  We have personal experience in this industry, and as I've mentioned today, we've been speaking with operators across the country. So if Transport Canada is examining the records of 11 operators in our area, at their own discretion, and they find that there is no problem, we might respectfully suggest that they're not looking deeply enough.

Transport committee  I don't think I made that exact quote, but certainly we have stated that we would like Transport Canada to do their job, which is oversight.

Transport committee  Lots of things can happen with anyone. I think we couldn't disagree.

Transport committee  No, that's the one, the original letter. We spoke about the test case for SMS companies. I might also point out that we were initially requested by our region to be one of those test cases. We agreed because we felt that if this new regulation was going to be put upon us, we wanted to be part of its implementation and creation.

Transport committee  What we're saying is that we would like to see the regulations start. We would like to see those items addressed before you can even talk about SMS.

Transport committee  I think if you've consulted the witness list for all these consultations and proceedings, you will find that we are the first and only CAR 703 operator—and again, I thank you all for allowing us to appear here—to be able to speak out on these issues. As I pointed out in that letter of, I believe, the 22nd—the one you were referring to a minute ago—

Transport committee  I'm not quite following your question. There is usually more than one error that leads to an event, so I don't—

Transport committee  Yes, I think I could agree with that.

Transport committee  May I ask if you are referring to the letter from David Bayliss at Transport Canada?