Transport committee  There are already two mechanisms in place. Within SMS programs there is a requirement for each and every operator to implement a non-punitive reporting mechanism, whereby employees can identify safety issues so they can be addressed on a proactive basis by the company. That's one

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  In the context of our investigations, we examine the implementation of the safety management system. We ask the questions and we request the appropriate documentation from the companies in question in order to obtain all available information and to assess whether the system work

Transport committee  For the moment, we haven't identified any systemic problems of that kind that would provide a sufficient basis for specific recommendations. However, as I mentioned earlier, we have a completely distinct system in place, our SECURITAS program, as a result of which people can make

Transport committee  Canadian statistics on accident rates by operator category show that the level of safety in Canada is generally better than in other countries. Perhaps my colleague can give you some more details on that subject, if you wish. If we compare the statistics provided by each of the

Transport committee  We can provide those statistics to committee members since we have them.

Government Operations committee  In terms of the supplementary estimates (B), that's where the difference is included between the two numbers that you've referred to, the $26 million and the $28 million. In the supplementary estimates (B), we are receiving some funds that are being transferred from Treasury Boar

Transport committee  The standards for rail are just as stringent as in aviation or marine or pipeline. There are 10 criteria In our regulations, and if any one of those 10 criteria applies, then there's an obligation to report the incident, the accident, whatever the case might be. Most of the time

Transport committee  Only to the transportation of dangerous goods; it doesn't apply to all trains.

Industry committee  From the TSB perspective, we are not responsible to look into the design and construction of new pipelines. The National Energy Board would have to approve the design and construction of any new pipelines. That would include the specifications that apply for mountainous terrain a

Government Operations committee  A large part of our reductions have been done on the administrative side. We've reduced eight administrative positions, two management positions, and three investigator positions. We've shifted to electronic communications and distribution instead of printed material. We've reduc

Government Operations committee  If we look historically, we've always had a number of vacant investigator positions just because of ongoing attrition. The positions we eliminated were positions that had been vacant for a few years. So there has been no net impact in terms of the delivery of the mandate.

Government Operations committee  The budgets still include those salary dollars. Those salary dollars were lapsed at year-end, because the positions were vacant. When the time came for the cuts, we basically eliminated those positions and reduced the budgets.

Government Operations committee  Currently we have no pipeline investigations ongoing. Last year we completed two pipeline investigations. The way we proceed for pipelines is that because there are very few occurrences that we investigate, we allocate a notional amount that covers the salaries of two investiga

Government Operations committee  First of all, our mandate is to investigate incidents. Other agencies are responsible for the oversight of the pipeline network and other modes of transportation. In the case of the pipeline network, the National Energy Board is responsible for oversight and protection. Our con