Transport committee  It's a pleasure.

Transport committee  Yes, you are correct.

Transport committee  You are correct. That's why we have been given the resources to do so by the government. We have 1,381 inspectors in the various modes doing just that.

Transport committee  Oh my God, a lot. But it depends on the mode.

Transport committee  Yes, by far, by thousands more. Many thousands of lives are lost on the roads every year.

Transport committee  Yes. I also have a branch of road safety. It's quite different from the aviation or marine environments; they are solely federally regulated. In the road safety environment, it's a shared responsibility with the provinces and territories. We legislate and regulate in regard to

Transport committee  That is a very good question and I'm sorry if I gave the impression that the human aspect was not important. Our work is to save lives and improve safety. That is why we are proposing safety management systems. The human aspect is a different one. We identified key elements that

Transport committee  It is very new. We started the reflection on the need to make the shift about 10 years ago, in the mid-1990s, when we were seeking ways to improve safety. We started to implement it through various regulatory measures about five or six years ago: in 2001 in rail; in aviation it's

Transport committee  That is a very, very small portion of the international traffic. Canada is a small maritime country.

Transport committee  You mean, how many ships are flagged as Canada by the Canadian owners?

Transport committee  They are flagged in Canada, yes.

Transport committee  Oh, no, it's not 100%. Do we have those figures? We can't answer that at this point in time. We could research it.

Transport committee  But actually, those companies that are Canadian and that would have flagged their vessels in other countries, such as in the Bahamas, for instance, would meet the same requirement for safety management systems, because this is a requirement of IMO. Over 150 countries are members

Transport committee  I'll let Luc answer that.

Transport committee  Since CN is a private company, we cannot force it to invest. However, after we mentioned that the tracks should be improved in several places, CN willingly accepted to invest approximately $1.5 billion this year in infrastructure. A dialogue is in place between the two parties.