Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, thank you for your question. The federal government does have a presence and a role to play, more in terms of certain modes than others. As we know, in Canada, the highway system mostly falls under provincial and municipal jurisdictions. That said, we are working wit

Government Operations committee  Traditionally, Transport Canada has followed Statistics Canada's best practices—in other words, rules on confidentiality. A lot of information is assessed based on confidentiality and other criteria. To answer your question more directly, I believe the last annual report on tran

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question, Ms. Michaud. As I explained earlier, we constantly assess what can be released on the portal. That said, the data does exist. Transport Canada puts out an annual report on transport safety. It lists, in chronological order, all the incidents and acc

Government Operations committee  Mr. Ravignat, thank you for the question. I agree with the previous witnesses. Clearly, the way the work is organized is an important dimension. Earlier someone mentioned that the key was to take advantage of a new distribution network, and that means no longer doing some of th

Government Operations committee  For Transport Canada, basically it is an additional channel. At this point we have not removed things or data sets that were available on our own website. So there is, to some extent, some duplication. It's an additional channel.

Government Operations committee  Same for us. The answer is no.

Government Operations committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. I am pleased to appear before you today to discuss Transport Canada's open data practices and related contributions to the Government of Canada's open data portal. With me today is Kash Ram, director general, motor vehicle s