Transport committee  They have undertaken that they would do so. I don't know if we have any confirmation that they have actually contacted everyone. Louis-Philippe, I don't know if you have anything.

Transport committee  I'm not sure that she was directly invited. I'd have to defer to the chair, but it was my impression that I was the official invited by the department and as such I accepted.

Transport committee  I received no particular instruction. As I said, we reviewed the documents we would be presenting and that was the extent of it.

Transport committee  I did not receive any particular advice from the deputy minister before coming.

Transport committee  That would be both of us. I've briefed the minister on various occasions, as has Trevor and as has Louis-Philippe.

Transport committee  The minister has certainly expressed a great interest in Toyota, and he wants us to ensure that we're using the Motor Vehicle Safety Act to its best use to ensure that the safety of Canadians is protected.

Transport committee  The minister provided me with no direct direction on my appearance--

Transport committee  No. With respect to the black box, obviously this is new technology, and we were on Toyota right away as soon as we found out it was available. We are going to make use of it. We have now received it. We are going to test it and make sure we can use it as soon as possible. With

Transport committee  Yes, under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, I do believe we have the tools.

Transport committee  I report to the deputy minister.

Transport committee  That's not for me to say. I was the person invited.

Transport committee  I cannot comment on that.

Transport committee  Certainly we let her know that we were coming before the committee.

Transport committee  Certainly we met with the minister's staff before our appearance to brief them on what we would be presenting to the committee, and we discussed our appearance.

Transport committee  There were none in particular that I can think of.