In the province of today, every propane facility of any size must have something called a risk and safety management plan. There are two types: one for larger facilities that have more than 5,000 U.S. water gallons on site, and one for those that have less than 5,000 U.S. water gallons on site. The regulations through the TSSA and the Canadian Standards Association—the B149 code, the B51, and the B620, which handles transportation—exist today to prevent accidents from happening. The key is always, as in anything else, safety first, safety first. You have to develop a culture of safety. That is number one.
The standards are already there. People are already handling it safely. No more regulation is required. All the stuff is in place. Different parts of the country are looking at what Ontario and other jurisdictions are doing to ensure that safety. In the province of British Columbia, we have a safety authority that tells industry, “You must adhere to our safety act. That said, if you want to get from here to there differently, come talk to us”, so they take what one might describe as an alternative approach to the more traditional, very prescriptive one.
The regulations already exist and the oversight's there. No more is needed. Tragically, it is alleged that some things.... Maybe corners were cut. It's in a court of law, and one has to be careful right now. An incident happened, and unfortunately that always comes up when you talk about propane. It comes up all the time, so we face it first-hand.
