Transport committee  We have about 100 inspectors directly on rail, but that doesn't include all the oversight positions. Specifically on that, what we are doing is putting in place a clear action plan that will increase not only the number of inspectors but, as we mentioned, we need to have people w

Transport committee  In terms of rail safety inspectors, we have about 100 inspectors. What the AG is saying is we should have more people who have the skills to do audits.

Transport committee  I would have to find you the exact number we have at this point.

Transport committee  The instructions to the department are to staff the required positions and implement the action plan put together after the Auditor General's report.

Transport committee  I want to go back to what the minister said at the beginning, to put things in context for the committee. A typical crop over the last five years in the Prairies has been around between 50 and 55 million tonnes in total. Last year's crop was 76 million tonnes. Of the crop typical

Transport committee  No.

Transport committee  Correct. I can ask Helena to answer that.

Transport committee  [Inaudible—Editor]...correct.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. No offence. I hope it's not a harbinger of things to come. I thank the committee for the opportunity to talk to you today. As you mentioned, Laureen Kinney is with me as the newly formally appointed assistant deputy minister for safety and securit

Public Accounts committee  That's correct.

Public Accounts committee  The first point I want to make is that the department is in line with meeting what has been promised in this action plan. I just want to go back to the comments about the skills of the people in the department. The first thing I want to say on that is that priority number one is

Public Accounts committee  That is correct.

Public Accounts committee  That is correct.

Public Accounts committee  First, the grade-crossing regulations are an obvious longstanding issue that is finally moving to resolution, so that is obviously progress. The regulations on the railway operating certificate are a complement to the coming into force of the new Railway Safety Act in the spring

Public Accounts committee  I'll give you the general review, and I'll turn to Laureen or Luc to supplement because they're really the experts. The fundamental concept of inspections are typically inspections of either tracks or specific operational procedures. They're inspections of activities or assets t