Transport committee  The answer is yes. I'll ask my colleague Brigitte to give you a little more on how we're addressing these issues.

Transport committee  Thank you. Brigitte.

Transport committee  I'll clarify right off the bat that you're right that the St. Lawrence Seaway is a federal asset. Because of that, it receives a statutory appropriation from Transport Canada on an annual basis for any capital improvements that are required on the seaway. The company that operate

Transport committee  If there are needed improvements to the seaway that the corporation hasn't identified and that we're not funding, we would ask that we be made aware of what those are so that we can approach the corporation and find out why those aren't included. That would be part of the answer.

Transport committee  The answer is yes.

Transport committee  Thank you very much for your question. I would like to clarify something. We already have legislative powers and regulations pertaining to fatigue, and we are going to amend the legislation. On the other hand, we do not have legislative powers pertaining to locomotive voice and

Transport committee  I would say that is probably one of the most important elements of this bill. We and the minister have been hearing for years about air travel and how people are frustrated with their air travel experiences. The passenger rights that are included in the bill are in fact revolutio

Transport committee  You'll notice that the amendments to the act give the Canadian Transportation Agency the authority to make regulations. The details of the compensation regimes—the way those irritants will be addressed—will be in regulations. We will work with the agency. We want to make sure t

Transport committee  Thank you for your question. I will let my colleague Brigitte answer, as she is responsible for these matters. She can tell you about ongoing measures related to conductor fatigue.

Transport committee  Thank you very much for that question. As you may be aware, the recommendations on LVVR have been around for some time. We've been looking at this issue since the early 2000s. More recently, the Transportation Safety Board has put it on their watch-list, and we take the safety b

Transport committee  I have looked at all of the recommendations that were in your study of Bill C-30. I believe you had 17 recommendations. We've gone through all of those, and I would say that we have addressed them all, as well as actually implementing some of the recommendations you had in there

Transport committee  I can tell you that we have done exhaustive consultation. We normally do not consult on amendments that are in a bill, as that is a parliamentary privilege, but we do consult on the issues and the policy direction that we are looking at taking. That consultation has happened ov

Transport committee  The proposed legislative amendments have been put together in one bill since they collectively support the commitments made in the government's strategic plan for transportation 2030. All of these elements are included in the five themes that the minister announced last November

Transport committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. It's a pleasure to be here today. I am Helena Borges, the associate deputy minister of transport. I have been before this committee before, so maybe you'll remember me. I have with me several colleagues from the department, as well as the Competition Bu

Public Accounts committee  Can I offer one explanation? I am a deputy minister. I am the associate deputy minister for Transport Canada. My colleague and I, Mr. Keenan, who is the deputy minister, operate as two in a box. I have as much responsibility for the department as he does. We manage the departmen