Transport committee  He said we were ready to move, so I won't contradict--or repeat--what he said. As to the rush, I understand you're meeting with ATAC when we leave, so you can ask that question of ATAC. The fact is that we like to put regulations to bed, and there's a limit to the number of y

Transport committee  Actually, last week I offered to give you a technical briefing, so with your agreement, I will proceed with the deck. You have in front of you a deck in both French and English, so I'll walk you through it. I welcome the opportunity to provide you with the facts concerning the

Transport committee  I don't see a question here, so...thank you.

Transport committee  Thank you.

Transport committee  Today, you mean?

Transport committee  I don't think so. No.

Transport committee  As much as possible, especially in the last 10 to 15 years, we try to develop regulations by consensus, but there is a limit to the debate. At some point the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities has to draw the line, analyze all of the aspects, and make a decisio

Transport committee  Absolutely. Yes.

Transport committee  We could also offer you a technical briefing. We could come back here with a technical briefing, if you prefer, with slides and comparisons of aircraft.

Transport committee  A colleague of mine is in charge of the programs that include environmental matters, so this is done in another part of the department, except for a number of things under our responsibility--ship pollution, for instance, ballast water, and a number of those that could affect saf

Transport committee  You're talking about SMS.

Transport committee  No, not in the U.S.

Transport committee  They are working on it, and we are talking to them. One of the leaders was actually New Zealand. But I should mention that safety management systems throughout the world started after the Bhopal accident in India. That was really when people started to wonder about how to impro

Transport committee  We have started with the big operators now, both, as I explained before, in marine, and in aviation, and in the rail. Actually, the first three companies to embark on the process were CN, VIA Rail, and CP. These are the big ships in marine, and in aviation what we call the “705 r

Transport committee  As I said in the beginning, we consulted a large number of international experts in risk management. Then we looked at what the chemical industry was doing. We did hire a consultant to see how we should establish this. We did look at what was going on around the world. But what y