Transport committee  Yes, south of the border any U.S.-flagged vessels that are doing international trips will be facing the same rule, the ISM Code, so we are in sync with their regulations. Domestically, it varies a lot. They are still working on many fronts with smaller operators, ferry operators.

Transport committee  Shipping and navigations are global in nature outside Canada. For example, a Canadian vessel that is certified to make international voyages will have to meet the ISM Code. For a vessel leaving Montreal on a trip to Europe, when that vessel arrives in Europe, the Europeans will w

Transport committee  WorkSafeBC is not in charge of smaller vessels. WorkSafeBC is in charge of workers' compensation for all workers in the province of British Columbia. To give you a concrete example of where we're working with them, the tug and barge operations in B.C. make up a very large group

Transport committee  On the Kitsilano base, we have no comment on that. However, on the other element you are raising, if I recall, it's related to the risk assessments. The Department of Environment is in charge of that, and they have informed us that the capacity to do an analysis in the case of

Transport committee  On the marine side, we did follow the coming into force of SMS at the international level, so we were not late at having the regulations. You can read, for example, SOLAS 98, but usually member states have about 18 months to implement a new set of regulations adopted by the Inter

Transport committee  Thank you. In marine transport, we have what is called ship-source oil pollution. This is pollution caused by a cargo, as would be the case with an oil tanker, or by the fuel used to power a cargo ship. There are two different plans, and two funds available in Canada. The first

Transport committee  Thank you very much. In response to a number of significant marine accidents, the International Maritime Organization instituted SMS through the incorporation of the international management code for the safe operation of ships and for pollution prevention, which is called the I

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, I think Mr. Sarantakis covered it.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Of course Transport Canada favours diversity in its employment. For example, we have in Nunavik an office that is manned by Inuit individuals, in Puvirnituq. Actually, they moved the office to where the actual employee is, to give us a level of flexibility.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. When dealing with mission control, I actually don't know where it is. But we still get the information. Probably the Department of National Defence or other people can give you the information you require. You asked how Radarsat works with our airplanes, the Dash-7 a

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have mentioned that it will be ready for shipping season 2010. We expect to be able to publish it in the Gazette, probably before the end of the year. So it's coming. There's no holdup, but we have to consult with the stakeholders, of course, and make sure they understand the

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I knew this one would come to me. Thank you, Mr. Bagnell, for the question. When we did Bill C-3 in March, we were in front of the Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communications with the ministers, and we did answer a large number of questions on that particular

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It depends on the type of vessel we're dealing with. We have mentioned in this committee the special purpose vessels regulations that deal specifically with the river rafting adventure type of operation. If you were operating another type of vessel, you

Transport committee  Mr. Chairman, I think we're mixing two things here. The first thing is the requirement under the statute of this country when we deal with the safety of vessels, and it's under the Canada Shipping Act and the suite of regulations present under that act. What we have in front of

Transport committee  I think Mr. Gauthier can answer that; he's our legal specialist.