Public Accounts committee  I think two things. If I heard the first part of your question correctly, I think you're referring to the comprehensive review through Treasury Board. We we have completed that process. We have submitted it to Treasury Board. The minister and I presented to Treasury Board ministers a few weeks ago.

Public Accounts committee  On that particular recommendation to implement our commitment, we've changed our regulatory process. Any proposed regulation that we put forward, we articulate clearly in the impact statement the research and the data that we use to inform our proposal to proceed with that. Kim, what was the first one we've done this on, do you recall offhand?

Public Accounts committee  The implication would be that the next proposed regulatory change that Transport Canada makes on motor vehicle safety, you would be able to see in the regulatory impact statement, published with it in the Canada Gazette, a description of both the data and the research that were used as the basis for this.

Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Public Accounts committee  Our view is that we could compel the manufacturer to submit vehicles to us, but—

Public Accounts committee  —the challenge is that if a manufacturer knows it's going to send its Volkswagen to Transport Canada to test, they might make sure there's nothing wrong with it. Appropriate testing is blind testing. We go in as a mystery shopper. We buy the car off a lot, and nobody has any idea that it's going for testing at Transport Canada.

Public Accounts committee  You put an interesting question out there. One of the key things Transport Canada is looking at is to charge businesses when we provide them services in a number of areas. I'm not sure it occurred to us to charge them for the cars we buy.

Public Accounts committee  We hadn't thought of that, simply because the connection between our buying the car off the lot and the service to the manufacturer is not so immediate, but now that you raise it, I think we should go back and look at it as a possible area in our future cost-recovery plan. I would submit that you are absolutely correct.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, that's a great question. I'm going to turn that one over to my colleague, Ms. Benjamin, to go through the details. I think that's one where there is evidence, but we didn't actually present the evidence, which speaks to one of the key recommendations of the Auditor General.

Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, I'd be happy to. It's a great question because it cuts to the heart of our plan for future work in motor vehicle safety. As indicated by the Auditor General at the time he was looking at this program, there was a reduction in the funds available for the research program, so we were sitting on 24 cars.

Public Accounts committee  I apologize. While we do strive for alignment because it reduces the cost of safety, there is also a third class, because there are times when Canada pursues a different regulatory standard. In this regard, I would note the issue of daytime running lights, on which we've come to a different conclusion than the U.S.

Public Accounts committee  I apologize for long answers. Twelve and a half months.

Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Public Accounts committee  In fact, the Department of Transport is in the final stages of completing a comprehensive review, which is the department's performance in all lines of business, under the guidance of the Treasury Board.