Transport committee  Yes, and hopefully I can do both.

Transport committee  The issue with respect to safety, I think, is pretty clearly spelled out with respect to the Motor Vehicle Safety Act. I believe that the deputy minister, for example, has expressed in writing the government's understanding of that definition. The point is that we may very well i

Transport committee  It's possible that as additional data becomes available, a determination is made that in fact it's a safety issue rather than a routine service—

Transport committee  I'm not aware of any such thing ever happening.

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  No. I think that when you look at the operations of a manufacturing company, what happens at the level of the manufacturing plant is that they will be notified of a pending change of production. That's their role: to assemble vehicles. The other engineering issues are dealt with

Transport committee  Toyota Motor Corporation does. Yes.

Transport committee  Yes, in general.

Transport committee  I'm sorry, but you've lost me completely on that.

Transport committee  Just to be clear, are we talking about the Tundra pedal?

Transport committee  That's right, because that's the time when a determination was made that the safety defect existed.

Transport committee  Right. No, not at that time. We included it in our January 21 recall in order to ensure that anyone who was experiencing a condition that they might feel was related to the sticky pedal was covered by the same campaign.

Transport committee  Mr. Chairman, if we can back up the chronology for a moment, I think there are two issues here. One is the question of how safety determinations are made and on what basis. The other is with respect to the knowledge of Toyota Canada with respect to issues affecting vehicles in th

Transport committee  Right.

Transport committee  No, you become aware of it as a result of a process of scientific investigation into the issue and the determination that this condition exists and should be dealt with.