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Fisheries committee Quite recently, with the fishing vessel safety regs, we have been quite clear that, if a vessel has a stability assessment—vessels are now required to get stability assessments under certain considerations—and then that vessel has been modified, they have to keep a record of the modification and they have to do another stability assessment.
March 22nd, 2018Committee meeting
Jane Weldon
Fisheries committee That's correct. First we consult broadly, then we work with the various associations. There are what's called Canadian marine advisory councils that happen twice a year in each region and twice a year nationally. We have issued various documents, and we tweet. You name it, we use that social media, so there are a million different ways.
March 22nd, 2018Committee meeting
Jane Weldon
Fisheries committee I'll just highlight that from the perspective of Transport Canada. It's not different between any coast or within the middle of the country. There are differences in DFO, and I suggest the committee ask DFO why they have structured themselves that way.
March 22nd, 2018Committee meeting
Jane Weldon
Fisheries committee Among the many ways that we relate to them, we have something in writing with respect to that relationship. We have multiple meetings in each of the regions. We meet regularly. We are in standing committees together. There are a million ways we interact with them.
March 22nd, 2018Committee meeting
Jane Weldon
Fisheries committee It's a memorandum of understanding, among other things.
March 22nd, 2018Committee meeting
Jane Weldon
Fisheries committee I wouldn't say that. We don't defer to DFO. For any regulation at Transport Canada, we use one method for measuring length. We're consistent—
March 22nd, 2018Committee meeting
Jane Weldon
Fisheries committee It's not Transport Canada's role to regulate another federal department, so you can address DFO about—
March 22nd, 2018Committee meeting
Jane Weldon
Fisheries committee I wouldn't say that.
March 22nd, 2018Committee meeting
Jane Weldon
Fisheries committee That is correct.
March 22nd, 2018Committee meeting
Jane Weldon
Fisheries committee Nine years, I believe.
March 22nd, 2018Committee meeting
Jane Weldon
Fisheries committee We do.
March 22nd, 2018Committee meeting
Jane Weldon
Fisheries committee You can't actually say that inherently a longer boat is a safer boat. There are a lot of factors having to do with the boat's construction. I mean the vessel's construction. Every Maritimer in Canada will be saying, “She calls it a boat”. It has to do with the vessel's construction, how it's used, how many crew you have, and the rest of it.
March 22nd, 2018Committee meeting
Jane Weldon
Fisheries committee Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you very much for this opportunity to address the House of Commons standing committee. As Transport Canada's Director General of Marine Safety and Security, I am well aware of the importance of the issues before the committee. Transport Canada plays a key role in ensuring the safety, security, environmental responsibility, and economic stability of Canada's transportation system.
March 22nd, 2018Committee meeting
Jane Weldon
Justice committee I am Jane Weldon, director general of marine safety and security at Transport Canada. Thank you for the question. There are in fact other references to certificates in other parts of the act, so, as my colleague was saying, we're just trying to be very cautious and make sure that we don't end up in a situation where something is definitively a certificate.
May 30th, 2017Committee meeting
Jane Weldon