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Transport committee You're not obligated to carry anything.
October 30th, 2014Committee meeting
David Bradley
Transport committee Yes, it's through the court, but the laws are pretty clear in terms of determining responsibility. A lot of these things don't get to court. The carrier gets a bill and they'll.... Again, not every one of these things is challenged, because if you're at fault, you're at fault.
October 30th, 2014Committee meeting
David Bradley
Transport committee The legal requirement, the regulatory requirement, in most provinces is, I think, $1 million or $2 million for dangerous goods, but the vast majority of people in that business carry significantly more than that. Two million dollars, particularly in the United States where things
October 30th, 2014Committee meeting
David Bradley
Transport committee It depends at what point.... They would be inspected roadside by Ministry of Transportation enforcement officials. In many provinces, policing agencies are also involved, or it can be done, in the case of an incident, by the environmental people or whoever the first responders ar
October 30th, 2014Committee meeting
David Bradley
Transport committee That is an inspection the federal government has jurisdiction over under the TDG regulations. There is also a committee that's administered by the Canadian Standards Association. Specifically with respect to tank cars, it's the B620 committee which comprises manufacturers, regu
October 30th, 2014Committee meeting
David Bradley
Transport committee If I could just make one comment....
October 30th, 2014Committee meeting
David Bradley
Transport committee As I said, if we cleaned up the 5% to 10% we'd make great strides. It doesn't mean that's necessarily the level of non-compliance. In our submission to you and the things we talked about today, the ELDs and the electronic stability control, we put those forward because those are
October 30th, 2014Committee meeting
David Bradley
Transport committee You're right; I didn't use the word lax, and I won't use the word lax. I think there's always room for improvement.
October 30th, 2014Committee meeting
David Bradley
Transport committee Or the province, again.
October 30th, 2014Committee meeting
David Bradley
Transport committee No, because again, Transport Canada has delegated the administration of those regulations to the provinces; so Transport Canada doesn't actually do that enforcement. It's the provinces. With respect to the trucking companies, with respect to the shippers, that is Transport Canad
October 30th, 2014Committee meeting
David Bradley