Transport committee  I'll ask Madam Dagenais to respond to that. There's been a lot of work done in that regard.

Transport committee  Essentially in safety management what our regulations require is a framework for a safety management system. It will outline the various elements that your safety management has to have. Who's your lead safety officer? You have to have a QA program. You have to have environmental

Transport committee  Certainly on the air side the international civil aviation organizations have recognized SMS and are putting it in their construct. On the rail side, rail doesn't work in, I would say, as international a manner as the other two modes, because the railways are obviously landlocke

Transport committee  It varies from mode to mode, so I'll let Mr. Eley start, and then I'll ask Luc to follow up so you get the two.

Transport committee  Do you want to talk about the rail side?

Transport committee  It depends on the mode, really. I'll let Mr. Eley talk about the air mode, and then Monsieur Roussel and Monsieur Bourdon can talk about the other modes.

Transport committee  As I indicated earlier, I believe it's a graduated process that we would follow with an operator. If we see a problem with their safety management system, the first thing we would like to do is talk to them about it, ask them for a corrective action plan. They would submit the pl

Transport committee  Maybe I could start off, Mr. Chair, by clarifying that while indeed some of the budgets at Transport Canada have reduced over recent years, when we undertook the deficit reduction plans at Transport Canada, we made a specific effort not to touch any of the inspection resources th

Transport committee  Certainly, Mr. Chair. If that's the wish of the committee, we'd be happy to provide that information.

Transport committee  No, I did not say that, Mr. Chair. I—

Transport committee  What I said is that the protective direction was developed in consultation both with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and with the Railway Association of Canada, and that all railways have indicated that they will follow the directive as it has been written.

Transport committee  Perhaps Madam Dagenais can clarify.

Transport committee  No, we will be monitoring them, sir.

Transport committee  Mr. Chair, with regard to the two programs that the member cites, neither reside within the Department of Transport or our responsibilities at this particular table. The Kitsilano base obviously is a Coast Guard issue, which is not an arm of the Department of Transport. The oil

Transport committee  I'm not aware that we were, but since they're both marine matters, perhaps Monsieur Roussel can provide—