Government Operations committee  Again, with the funds that are included in these supplementary estimates, we think we can get to those targets. The shortfall is focused on two areas. One area is dealing with putting out more information to the public on the web, so we're asking for more money to invest in tha

Government Operations committee  With the additional funds, we believe that we will be able to meet most, if not all, of those targets and to sustain the level of effort that we've undertaken. I think part of the challenge of the past years has been balancing the resources available with the workload. We've al

Government Operations committee  As I've said, we're looking for another $320,000 roughly, more than what's in here, and it's more of an administrative issue with the Treasury Board submission process. That would allow us what we believe is the proper level of investment. In terms of Transport Canada resources t

Government Operations committee  Essentially we're asking for $3.3 million. That will allow us to maintain the current level of activity. The numbers you're referring to from 2017-18 are what we believe is a reasonable level of investment and effort in terms of fulfilling our mandate. We want to maintain that go

Transport committee  Yes, we can send them; however, we've appeared before the fisheries and oceans committee just recently to discuss exactly that topic. We have thus already provided some information, but we will send it again.

Government Operations committee  We typically hire people who are very experienced in the industry. It's normal to have a high turnover rate because we don't hire new recruits out of university, we hire people with 25, 30 years of experience so they stay with us for five, 10 years, and then they retire. That's n

Government Operations committee  That's right. There's on-the-job coaching, and so on.

Government Operations committee  There is no decrease in our appropriations. Essentially our appropriations have been stable for the last few years. As Madam Fox indicated in her opening remarks, we are receiving $800,000 more in salary dollars for this year to cover collective bargaining costs. Our budget has b

Government Operations committee  If you look at the main estimates, the perceived decrease you see there is that the numbers for the previous year include supplementary estimates so extra money was provided in the year for the carry-forward of the previous year's lapse as well, as we requested in supplementary e

Government Operations committee  We do have the capacity, and we are actively engaged. However, we have to respect international protocols and conventions. In a country like the U.S., there is a robust investigation capacity in which we have confidence, and we work with them all the time.

Transport committee  Over the past 30 years that I have been with the Transportation Safety Board, we have not seen any trend or major areas of concern with respect to a breach of privacy associated with any of the recordings that are in place. We have from time to time heard about issues, and we hav

Transport committee  If I can add to Mr. Jang's reply, the unions were invited to participate in the study. They chose not to participate in all aspects of it. They did attend a few meetings and a few debriefings. They did not participate in all aspects of the study, but they were invited to do so fr

Transport committee  We have been enforcing the privilege in the other modes already. We don't see things any differently with the railways. Essentially, when we find out about an issue, through the use of recordings, as a first step we contact the company and seek to get its voluntary compliance. If

Transport committee  Yes. Under the new legislation, under Bill C-49, in the case of LVVR, we would be able to work with Transport Canada. Also, Transport Canada would have enforcement powers under the Railway Safety Act.