Mr. Tim Meisner at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

On February 11th, 2014. See this statement in context.

February 11th, 2014 / 10 a.m.

Director General, Marine Policy, Department of Transport

I'll answer the second part first. As I mentioned, the IMO, the International Maritime Organization, tracks 6,500 substances now, which they have classified as dangerous goods or hazardous and noxious substances. This would cover all those 6,500 substances should they be transported in Canada. That's also an evergreen list that is modified from time to time; as products became one of those, they would also be covered under this regime.

In terms of the number of countries that have actually signed on to the convention, was that the first part of your question?

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