Public Accounts committee  Yes, I know at the time of our audit—we don't have that in our report, but at the time of audit when we asked the question they put together some information for us to be able to answer our queries.

Public Accounts committee  As we stated in our report, we were aware of some progress, but I think there has been progress since.

Public Accounts committee  The reason for those two recommendations that the department could not address was that the committee was dissolved. There were two recommendations to report back to the committee, but because it was dissolved, the department was unable to report back, and we accepted that as a f

Transport committee  In our report, Mr. Chair, we indicate Transport Canada had some information. It got information from the Transportation Safety Board and planning.... It also had information or knowledge from inspectors who had been doing inspections in the past, but we noted a number of areas wh

Transport committee  What we have in our report is that Transport Canada, for the three years ending in March 2012, had conducted fourteen. In the two years ending March 2012, eight audits were done in those two years.

Transport committee  Mr. Chair, our report focused on two years. The report shows that in the two years we looked at for audits, there were eight of them, and in the three years ending in March, 26% of the railways were covered. If my numbers are right, that would be 8 railways out of the 31 in total

Transport committee  Transport Canada identified that, to be able to do audits, they would have to go through risk management and SMS training. We found some gaps in the training of managers, and also in the training of inspectors, some of whom lacked the ability to do audits in addition to inspectio

Transport committee  We did not audit the Transportation Safety Board as such, but as part of our audit we looked at how Transport Canada responded to the recommendations. The Transportation Safety Board reported publicly how they feel Transport Canada responded to the previous recommendations. We re

Transport committee  I would just need a clarification. I believe you are referring to a chapter in the 2011 report on safety. Was it the chapter on aviation safety or the one on the transportation of dangerous products?

Transport committee  That's a separate sector at Transport Canada. Today, we are presenting our report on the sector responsible for railway safety. Therefore, we cannot answer that question.