Transport committee  As I said, we are somewhat restricted in what information we can release on individual SMS audits. That is not of our own doing; those are the laws that we have to live within and respond to. We also, as I said, have to be cognizant of commercial confidentiality and ensure that o

Transport committee  To clarify, transportation of dangerous goods is a somewhat different program in that we regulate the shippers and the product being shipped, so it doesn't lend itself to the SMS process. That being said, any transportation company that is transporting dangerous goods is subject

Transport committee  Certainly. Obviously when we're dealing with company information, we have to be cognizant of commercial confidentiality of information that we receive. We are subject to the access laws, like anyone else in government. Anything we would be able to release would have to go thr

Transport committee  Yes. The report you talk about was published in 2009, and since then the department—

Transport committee  Sorry, 2011. Since that time we've done a great deal of work to address the recommendations of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development. With respect to assuring the public, we are totally open in what our inspection process comprises. We inform them of wh

Transport committee  Merci, Luc. In summary, Mr. Chair, after more than 10 years of experience with safety management systems, we've learned a few lessons along the way that will benefit ourselves as the regulator, as well as the transportation industry we serve. For instance, we realized that perf

Transport committee  Mr. Chairman, I will now call upon my colleague, Mr. Luc Bourdon, the director general of rail safety, to describe the railway situation.

Transport committee  Thank you, Martin. We'll now ask Donald Roussel, our director general of marine safety, to talk about the marine mode.

Transport committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thanks to the committee for inviting us here today to talk about what we feel are some very important issues facing the transportation industry. As you know, Minister Raitt appeared before the committee last week, and she tasked the committee wit

Public Safety committee  It's the railway's responsibility. We work with them. If we find an area that is a continuing concern, we can bring more force to bear on finding a potential solution.

Public Safety committee  No, I don't believe it's a misquote. It's from our report on plans and priorities. Part of that is that you outline what some of the risks in the system are and how you might mitigate them. One of the risks identified in that report is that our plans aren't robust enough. Obvious

Public Safety committee  Their names are checked against what is called a specified persons list.

Public Safety committee  It is not done for VIA trains. One would have to assess what the value of that would be before determining whether it would be a worthwhile exercise and whether it would mitigate any security risks.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, obviously, as the member points out, access to tracks is a very big concern for us, on both the safety side and the security side. What we expect each railway organization to do is to conduct an appropriate threat and risk assessment of all their infrastructure, identi

Public Safety committee  It's not an area that we regulate specifically in a general sense. But if there is a specific area of concern, we can work with the railway to look at where further mitigation measures might be necessary, and if necessary, try to come to an agreement with the railways. That is wh