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Transport committee Is that a rail question?
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Marc Grégoire
Transport committee If I may, I'll answer those questions, which I did answer, by the way, when you were away. On the first question on SMS, SMS implementation is a cultural change. As I explained before, we cannot expect to see major shifts or major safety improvements from one day to the other. W
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Marc Grégoire
Transport committee Well, let's talk about Air France. In the Air France accident in Toronto last summer there were 10 flight attendants, seven of which were qualified specifically for that aircraft, two of which were qualified flight attendants but not specifically for that aircraft, and one of whi
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Marc Grégoire
Transport committee Yes. Flight attendants play a fundamental role for safety on the aircraft, especially in case of an accident, and they play their role very well. There's no evidence, to my knowledge, that having 10, 20, or 30 flight attendants will help to evacuate the aircraft. In that case it
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Marc Grégoire
Transport committee Absolutely. We're convinced of that. We are a leader in the world on this subject. We have been talking to international forums about this. On aviation, for instance, we spent a lot of time at ICAO, the International Civil Aviation Organization. We are convinced that we have to
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Marc Grégoire
Transport committee Yes.
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Marc Grégoire
Transport committee We receive, I would say on a regular basis and in all modes, complaints about companies from the employees themselves. However, the vast majority come from competitors who complain that their competitor is doing such and such, which doesn't seem to be in line with the regulations
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Marc Grégoire
Transport committee I think we should provide, through the clerk, a full description of the federally regulated railway. That's not a problem. We regulate 34, I believe....
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Marc Grégoire
Transport committee It's 36. We'll give you their names and where they go through. We'll give you a map.
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Marc Grégoire
Transport committee You are correct, but it's not systematic. First of all, it's not all accidents that are being investigated by the TSB. It's the big accidents, and they have ratings depending on what kind of accident. So we may have a parallel investigation at the same time as TSB is running on
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Marc Grégoire
Transport committee We see all the evidence because we have an observer. The minister appoints an observer for all major TSB investigations. As soon as the TSB goes to the site of an accident to start an investigation, we appoint an observer to make sure whatever deficiencies found during the invest
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Marc Grégoire
Transport committee Do you mean advise the population that we have taken action against a specific railway and have forced them to reduce the speed?
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Marc Grégoire
Transport committee The company is advised, but I don't recall that we do very many press releases on those actions. Luc.
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Marc Grégoire
Transport committee You won't find safety proposals in it.
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Marc Grégoire
Transport committee Yes, that is right.
June 15th, 2006Committee meeting
Marc Grégoire