With respect to the Auditor General's finding in his 1992 report that, for 1989 and 1990, the Canadian Coast Guard's "search and rescue vessels and aircraft were instrumental in incident resolution less than 20 per cent of the time", ( a ) what specific action has the Department of Transport taken to redress this, ( b ) will the use of other federal and non-federal resources, such as the Canadian Marine Rescue Auxiliary, be expanded, and ( c ) will a set of search and rescue service standards, and a national search and rescue program, be developed in full, as recommended by the Auditor General?
In the House of Commons on June 20th, 1994. See this statement in context.