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Transport committee Thanks very much, Mr. Chair. I promise I will try to stay within the 10 minutes for my presentation. I want to thank you for having invited us to speak here. I know I'll diverge a little from my presentation, but I think it's really important for the ferry sector to be represe
October 7th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Buy
Transport committee That's correct. First of all, I'll say that we have no ships registered in Liberia. All of them are registered in Canada, thank God, at this point.
October 7th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Buy
Transport committee No, we do have an SMS system, a voluntary system for operators. They are audited by the classification societies.
October 7th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Buy
Transport committee No, it's a government-designated body. It's for international companies.
October 7th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Buy
Transport committee No, they're regulated by the Canadian government and designated by it to audit the safety management system when it comes. We also have Transport Canada inspectors.
October 7th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Buy
Transport committee It's fairly stable. We saw a little decrease in 2011-2012. I think we're seeing a little bit of a pickup in 2013.
October 7th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Buy
Transport committee I won't get into the debate on whether the 25% has resulted in fewer inspections or anything else. There may be efficiencies that were found and different things. That's for the government to debate and to argue. What I can tell you is that at this point we believe that Transpo
October 7th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Buy
Transport committee We do agree that it should be expanded to all ships. I think the only issue is the auditing of that, and at this point, that often rests with the classification societies. It is not reasonable to expect the classification society to go for an affordable amount to a ferry that is
October 7th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Buy
Transport committee The concern is between the auditing, the regulation, and the real impact on the ground. There is some concern around that, and Transport Canada needs to do its job on that front.
October 7th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Buy
Transport committee For those instances, yes.
October 7th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Buy
Transport committee The definition is important because if you define a short-run ferry and you use the term “short-run ferry” in one regulation and you use the same term in another regulation, but the definition is not the same, then you have a problem. The term “short-term ferry“ should refer to
October 7th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Buy
Transport committee Absolutely.
October 7th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Buy
Transport committee Well, there are a number of steps to be taken, for sure. It will depend on the operator and on the type of ship. Clearly, the crew and the captain are in charge. Instructions will be given to passengers. There would probably be an evacuation fairly quickly on that. There would be
October 7th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Buy
Transport committee As far as our operators go, it is clear that there will be a shortage of skilled workers over the next few years. That will affect jobs on some ships. To discuss the problem, we organized a round table a few months ago that involved the colleges and universities that train our em
October 7th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Buy
Transport committee I'm talking about engineers, about the people in charge of safety on the ships, and especially machinists. There is going to be a labour shortage over the next few years. That's clear. We think it's important to invest now in training new workers for certain jobs so that we can
October 7th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Buy