Transport committee  Realistically, with all these questions in regard to SMS and the transportation of dangerous goods, it still goes back to one of the best things we can use and that is having open lines of discussion between Transport Canada and the shipowner. That open line of communication, in

Transport committee  The size of the vessel doesn't matter. You can still ask a classification society to opt in. But it's the classification society that has the ability to say, thank you for thinking of us, however, we don't like what you have, so there are four more down the road, you can go and a

Transport committee  The problem is that their charters, from wherever their headquarters are, stipulate who they can and cannot take in as members.

Transport committee  I think Captain Nelson wanted to weigh in on that.

Transport committee  It's not that it's not as safe but that any SMS in order to be active and functional must be audited.

Transport committee  Correct.

Transport committee  Exactly. With regard to the process in which an inspection is dealt with, the safety of those concerned in operating vessels here in Canada is extremely high. We know it is our livelihood, and we want to have the safest vessels operating. For me to speak on another country's i

Transport committee  Yes. We fully believe in the process of the SMS; it's the process leaving Transport and the cost being charged to the individual.

Transport committee  Probably one of the biggest ones in the news today is the tragic loss of the South Korean ferry, where the government is looking at the death penalty for the captain. Would that happen here? Let's sure hope not.

Transport committee  Correct.

Transport committee  I would. For some things there's an economic look at the regulation for the businesses at hand to ensure that there isn't undue stress on the business because of that.

Transport committee  The Transport Canada inspector comes and inspects either the crew or the ship itself. The classification society would come to inspect the SMS and audit the different processes and sections within the SMS unless the classification society were inspecting the vessel as well, but t

Transport committee  A lot of the SMS will go through the different aspects of the ship, and are very safety oriented, as well having the crew there to perform anything with the SMS. Probably the biggest difference is the cost factor between the two. The cost for the classification society, from wh

Transport committee  I'm sorry, but could you say the question again?

Transport committee  There are very few port operations within the country that realistically have any problems with any tour boat operators. Probably the biggest one, when you look at it, would be the Port of Toronto, with the reconstruction process of the entire port. Safety-wise the vessel operato