Transport committee  The standard for the DOT-111 was developed with manufacturers, producers, regulators, end groups, and trust groups. They determined that the DOT-111 was appropriate to transport certain types of dangerous goods like petroleum crude. That was the risk-based assessment that was mad

Transport committee  I believe that's part of how the business works. These tanker cars have an extensive life. They run for 40 to 50 years. They were built in the States, mostly. They were not built in Canada. Quite recently, there was a manufacturing facility that started to build the new tanker ca

Transport committee  In terms of transporting dangerous goods, we determined that crude oil was an emerging risk and should become one of our priorities. However, last year, it wasn't among the goods we considered high risk. We felt it represented a risk, but not a high one.

Transport committee  When we do our inspections, we don't count the containers as such. Instead, we conduct risk planning and determine which inspections need to be done.

Transport committee  The program is managed jointly with Mr. Bourdon of Rail Safety. Mr. Bourdon focuses mainly on the railway and its components, while we look at the container as such. We do joint inspections. When we inspect a car, we look at the placards to determine whether the standards are bei

Transport committee  The number has been steady in the past five years.

Transport committee  Overall, the number has stayed the same.

Transport committee  I'm not the one who decides that.

Transport committee  We've developed a risk analysis. Naturally, a number of plans have been identified as higher risk. Those are the ones we look at more frequently.

Transport committee  It isn't the company that's at risk. Rather, it depends on the products being transported.

Transport committee  We look at the quantity and kind of products. Obviously, radioactive materials are considered very high risk products. Toxic substances, including chlorine, are also considered high risk products. These are the plans we are going to analyze more closely before approving them.

Transport committee  Oil isn't currently part of our emergency response assistance plans. Most of our plans concern propane, chlorine, hydrogen and ammonia.

Transport committee  The emergency response assistance plans do not include the transport of oil as it was transported in certain conditions. The only emergency response assistance plan we currently have has to do with connected trains for a specific product, which is gasoline. We don't have a plan f

Transport committee  The Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act and regulations apply.

Transport committee  Yes, there are some that are allowed—