Transport committee  Basically our criteria are identified. They are public. They are on our website. We do have identification of the different criteria. What we don't put in there is what we have done on the specific inspection and the specific site.

Transport committee  Yes, that's correct.

Transport committee  The highest risk gets the inspection. Under the TDG program, we do targeted inspections of high-risk sites. We concentrate our inspection on shippers, needs and containment facilities, manufacturers, and producers.

Transport committee  About 3,000 per year.

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  No, it's not available publicly.

Transport committee  According to our compliance performance, about 60% of our sites are compliant.

Transport committee  Yes. The recommendation was to have a national plan. What is indicated in the report is that they were regional plans and they were drafted a bit differently. What we have decided to do, and it's part of an implementation plan, part of the recommendation, is to have a national r

Transport committee  They have a plan. It may not have been properly documented. What we have done in the past two years is to develop a national risk-based approach. We are doing our inspections on a risk-based approach. We have developed a risk tool that identifies criteria for where our inspecti

Transport committee  This protective direction was actually agreed to by both parties: the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and the Railway Association of Canada. It is understood that trends in rail transport do not really change that much in terms of the costs on railways. When you look at th

Transport committee  Transport Canada must approve the plan before it comes into force. We must approve all proposed plans. We have roughly 900 plans. We review the plans according to risk. The plans are reviewed every two to five years by Transport Canada specialists who undergo training and simulat

Justice committee  Yes, I believe so. As I say, we work in collaboration with the commission to ensure that the transport is done in a safe manner. They handle more of the security side of things under Bill S-9, but I believe the regulatory framework is quite appropriate right now.

Justice committee  Yes, in a safe manner. We also have a response mechanism, so we also have emergency response assistance plans that are put forward and that are approved by Transport Canada. When nuclear materials are transported, the companies need to have an approved emergency plan, so that i

Justice committee  We have inspectors across the country who inspect those companies. We actually do have a prosecution mechanism in the act, so we can prosecute under the Criminal Code.

Justice committee  Under the United Nations classification of dangerous goods, there are different classes. There are about nine classes. All the radioactive materials fall under class 7. That's a specific class for all types of radioactive nuclear materials. That's how it works. You can have class