Transport committee  Mr. Sullivan, thank you for your question. I don't think I could speak for the purchasing decisions on a local level that municipalities or transit commissions or transit authorities undertake, but I too share your concern about the impacts of emissions from diesel engines, part

Transport committee  Passenger rail is not something that is regulated by Transport Canada. It's something that is done on a municipal level, as I understand it, in the industry. We've increasingly been working with transit authorities to help them around challenges that they continue to have in the

Transport committee  Thank you for your question. Just to clarify, are you asking what percentage of CSTT resources is allocated or dedicated to trucking?

Transport committee  Okay. Concerning automotive transport, are you referring to freight trucks?

Transport committee  Okay. As we mentioned in the opening speech, CSTT operates on a full cost recovery basis. In simple terms, that means we're focused on key areas of surface transportation technology, but more so on the engineering consulting side of the business to leverage the unique testing in

Transport committee  Regarding the side guards that were used for the tests, unfortunately I don't recall exactly where we sourced those from, but I can definitely follow up with that information after the meeting. The work we did in this regard was, again, in response to a direct request we receive

Transport committee  I can offer an example. About a year and a half ago we worked on a project for National Defence. They were very interested in expanding their silent watch capability for armoured vehicles that were in Afghanistan in a covert type of operation for which electronic surveillance act

Transport committee  It's currently at a TRL 6 level, so it's still in a demonstration stage. We're hoping that DND will be able to invest more money into developing that opportunity further as we see inroads for silent watch capability into idle reduction for specialized fleets of vehicles such as p

Transport committee  That is actually a very good question. We are not experts on batteries at my technological centre. Experts and researchers from other NRCC sectors would conduct research to find solutions in line with safety standards regarding lithium batteries. Our centre is mainly focused on

Transport committee  Yes, mainly. That area of interest is very important. It also goes to show you that our ability to act proactively has no limits.

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  Mr. Sullivan, regarding your question on the lightweighting of rail vehicles, I can tell you that in terms of NRC's role and how we fit within the innovation chain within the government framework, my technology centre has been operating as a full cost recovery organization for 16