Transport committee  I don't see how it could hurt. As a matter of fact, I appeared before the railway review commission at their invitation after I was done with Dryden. On three separate occasions they wanted some advice, and I was very glad to accommodate them. Anything that has to do with improvi

Transport committee  You had the big one in Wabamun.

Transport committee  There was a bad one in B.C. recently.

Transport committee  That's part of the security effort.

Transport committee  Thank you very much for listening.

Transport committee  It was a pleasure.

Transport committee  No, I don't think clause 12 should be abolished. As I stated earlier, I think SMS is a good thing, but it must be accompanied by a parallel system of regulatory oversight. This has to be there in order to comply with international law, to which Canada is a subscriber. The ICAO s

Transport committee  Your last point is interesting. I was reviewing the 2005-06 Transportation Safety Board annual report to Parliament on occurrences, investigations, and safety action. It indicates that the number of accidents in 2005 increased by 5% from both the 1,945 accidents reported in 2004,

Transport committee  I don't know. The safety management system would have disclosed the concerns, but if you had regulatory oversight, you certainly would have found out those concerns when they did a proper audit of the operation.

Transport committee  They've already cancelled the national audit program, which is a major part of the oversight program.

Transport committee  I think it would be very good.

Transport committee  In fact, I think it would comply with the international standards.

Transport committee  Hopefully.

Transport committee  I would hope that would be the result.

Transport committee  Well, it seems to me there's going to be a period of--what was it?--four years between inspections. When you implement a new regime such as this, I would think in the early stages there should be more frequent inspections of the operation.