Transport committee  That's probably a question better answered by some of the individual business players in the transportation sector. One of the other challenges we hear—and this is particularly arising in western Canada right now—is that it's hard to keep people in the transportation sector whe

Transport committee  Public transit is generally a domain that resides within the provincial and municipal government levels. Through the consultation exercise that the Minister of Transport launched recently regarding a new generation of infrastructure programming, we're hoping to get input as to wh

Transport committee  I'm really not in a position to give you a useful answer on that. I don't handle safety and security policy, but we'd be happy to go back and speak to our colleagues in rail safety and provide a response to the clerk, if that would be helpful.

Transport committee  Well, we're concerned.

Transport committee  I think so. There's considerable debate in Canada about the fact that we continue to lag behind our U.S. counterparts, and in the transportation system we saw in the 1990s that the transportation sector was one of the major contributors to Canada's overall productivity improvemen

Transport committee  One of the really interesting things of the last decade is that the application of computers and microchips to all modes of transportation means that even the cab of truck is not anything like the cab of a truck 20 or 30 years ago, yet our workforce in the transportation sector i

Transport committee  In this area it would probably be worthwhile for the committee to invite our colleagues on the safety side of the department to give you better precision, but certainly in the development of regulations, there is a benefit-cost analysis process that is part of every regulatory pr

Transport committee  One of the challenges of getting a good handle on this is that it's dispersed across a number of government departments. You had witnesses from Natural Resources Canada yesterday, and I understand you're going to be meeting with several other departments. At the same time, as I m

Transport committee  Yes, we'll certainly pull some statistics for you.

Transport committee  There is research currently being done on the maintenance of infrastructure. I know that a few excellent centres doing university research have the expertise to deal with cement and transport equipment. On our end, departmental officials started a thorough study on the impact of

Transport committee  Mr. Chair, ITS is an integrative bundle of technologies, if you will. One of the really exciting things it permits is integration of information from many different sources. Some of the applications that are actually bearing fruit right now are allowing us, through our gateway

Transport committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and committee members, for inviting us to appear today. You've already introduced my colleagues. I would just note that Marc Fortin, who is our director general for the Atlantic region, until three weeks ago was our director general of transportati

Transport committee  Our understanding is that the airline is complying with all necessary laws. The Commissioner of Official Languages is conducting an evaluation right now to satisfy himself that this is indeed the case, and of course we will be watching carefully to see what his findings are. Bu

Transport committee  Not specifically.

Transport committee  Mr. Chair, we understand they have maintained services in a number of specific areas: upkeep and maintenance of airlines. Other work is conducted by Aveos at the moment. We are confident there is a going concern activity in all three locations that are identified in the Air Canad