Mr. Keenan, could your department send me a list of the responsibilities that have been placed on railways since 2015, as well as a list of actions taken by your department?
I'm trying to understand the situation.
In 2001, Transport Canada decided to establish the Railway Safety Management System Regulations, which require federally regulated railways to have their own fail safety management systems. This is called deregulation.
In 2015, after observing deficiencies, the department decided to repeal the Railway Safety Management System Regulations and replace them with new regulations that give Transport Canada an oversight role to assess the effectiveness of railway safety management systems.
However, the Auditor General's report tells us that Transport Canada is unable to measure the effectiveness of railways' rail safety management systems.
In reading the Auditor General's report, I note that you are unable to ensure that the regulations developed by your department are producing concrete results.