Transport committee  I'm sorry?

Transport committee  That really doesn't affect the Transportation Appeal Tribunal, which is a separate tribunal determining cases related to licensing and enforcement of aviation regulation. So something that was the subject of a Transportation Safety Board investigation might or might not go to t

Transport committee  Yes, but again it's not the Transportation Safety Board. It's the Transportation Appeal Tribunal. It's a completely separate tribunal, a separate board from that of Mr. Stoss. He's with the accident investigation board, and I'm with the Transportation Appeal Tribunal.

Transport committee  I really don't know. As I say, I don't know what the rationale is for the designation to parties outside, as opposed to the government. I don't know what the driving force is for that, and I don't know what systems are in place to measure the efficacy of the system.

Transport committee  Yes, you are right. Mr. Mario Laframboise: I want to ask you if you have ever felt in your work that the inspection system of Transport Canada was inadequate. Have you ever had that feeling? Do you think the system should be improved or that Transport Canada and its inspectors

Transport committee  Vis-à-vis the inspections that the inspectors do and the cases that come before the tribunal, if the inspectors did not do a proper inspection then that would go to the defence; they would obviously benefit by that. But we don't have any observations with respect to any derogatio

Transport committee  If I understand the bill correctly, Bill C-6 will remove that with respect to section 7, which is a suspension for immediate threat. The one that is being changed is section 7. But there is a refer-back—

Transport committee  That's correct.

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  The tribunal is fine with that. We've had maybe one section 7 case in 20 years. Frankly, it isn't one that frequently comes before the tribunal, but putting section 7—the suspension for immediate threat—on the same footing as section 7.1, which is the suspension of a licence fo

Transport committee  It's just putting it in line with 7.1.

Transport committee  Currently, the highest penalty that has ever come to the tribunal was probably in the nature of $100,000, and it would have been multiple counts. Those are maximums.

Transport committee  Yes, I have no objection.

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and honourable members. It's my pleasure to be here today to answer your questions on the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada. I'll give you what I hope is a brief overview of the tribunal. The Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada is a quasi-ju