Transport committee  During the inspection we have to see whether those elements are present, whether they are communicated to staff, whether they are implemented, and whether they are effective. The new regulations now require the department to do an assessment of the effectiveness of the SMS regime

Transport committee  This will be done by the company providing us with information about what this process is and how they have implicated their employees and their unions in the development of this process. There are mechanisms in place now, especially through the Transportation Safety Board, for e

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  As of January.

Transport committee  That's correct.

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  Yes, that has been completely addressed by Transport Canada.

Transport committee  Yes. The new regulations came into force on April 1 and laid out in much more detail the requirements of a safety management system, including the elements that class 1 federal railways need to comply with. They include things like accountability. As was mentioned earlier, for th

Transport committee  The data system, or RSIG, is a mandatory tool for all inspectors across the country to first identify the risk areas that the inspection and audit will focus on. At the beginning of the planning year, all the data is entered into the system. There is tracking in terms of what mit

Transport committee  Yes, I believe so. I will check the date in my notes.

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  We would need to provide this in writing to the committee, given that you asked for the list of companies that we audited. There is also the chevauchement, in that all the audits don't happen within the same timeframe. So I think it would be safer to provide this in writing.

Transport committee  We have seen the amendment. The department does not support this amendment for the reason that the current legislation already contains a series of powers to ensure that we take into account innovation of technology into the rail safety regime. Furthermore, the amendment as pro

Transport committee  I would say that it's not a question about moving or not moving. There are discussions right now in terms of doing research on train control. At this stage, it would be premature for us to provide advice to the minister on whether to adopt it or not because the research is ongo

Transport committee  I would say there are two ways. What you just described is certainly one of them. The second possibility is for the industry to approach Transport Canada and to make a submission for this to be considered either through a submission of the rule, or by requesting an exemption so t