Transport committee  I can give you some on where the cuts were made. There were some cuts made at the management level. Some management functions were combined. We—

Transport committee  I'm not sure if that's been made public or what, but I can certainly inquire if I can do that. But I can give you more examples. For example, in those cuts of 27% or the figure that you quoted, sir, some programs were moved within Transport; so it used to show within marine safe

Transport committee  No one works solely on that. Our people have a number of duties. Many of them can do that work.

Transport committee  Some do, but not all of them.

Transport committee  We are monitoring this situation very closely, but the presence of oil tankers in the St. Lawrence is not new. They have been there for a very long time. The idea is that they need to comply with all the regulations, acts and international conventions. When an oil terminal projec

Transport committee  Among others, it depends on the price of oil.

Transport committee  Until late October, we had 319 inspectors, but we are currently going through a major recruitment phase. Owing to attrition, we lost a lot of people. Many of them retired.

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  No, there are no longer as many unfilled positions. Our planned complement is currently about 364.

Transport committee  It all depends on project approval. You are talking about the number doubling or tripling, but compared with what?

Transport committee  It may well increase. As you can read in newspapers, projects are being implemented to increase the number of oil tankers. However, the actual number depends on a broad range of factors.

Transport committee  Thank you, sir. I'd like to thank the committee for this opportunity to discuss safety management systems in the marine sector and other measures to ensure marine safety. Safety management systems, or SMS, are a useful means to manage risk that complements the statutory inspect