Transport committee  The inspections of transloading facilities...?

Transport committee  There are already requirements for train securement. In the emergency directive and the then-following rule that came into place in terms of train securement, there were requirements for how trains needed to be left secure so that they were protected from trespassing and other ri

Transport committee  Do we have one or two hours to properly explain all the changes?

Transport committee  Transport Canada has done a lot of work related to the tragic events that were just mentioned. It is almost impossible to describe all the changes we have made. Some of the changes have to do with the rules, processes, inspection methods, as well as rail safety, dangerous goods

Transport committee  That's nearly impossible to do. After experiencing such an event, we wanted to focus on the most important issues, as well as the recommendations made by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. As I was saying earlier, the work will continue.

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  There are a significant number of issues that are being looked at in terms of the study that's going on right now. Some of those issues address the technical issues; what are the standards? If you're going to mandate a particular type of equipment, what kind of equipment? What ki

Transport committee  In an overview, the specific requirements for risk assessments for key routes and trains, which carry certain numbers of dangerous goods, etc., are very detailed and specific in terms of the factors that need to be considered. Those include things like the route, the grade of the

Transport committee  I would frame it as the initial responsibility of the operators who know their own particular operation, who know the loads that they carry, where their routing may be, the type of terrain, and what kinds of local risks there are along that terrain. Then they get the feedback

Transport committee  If a railway is operating in Canada, then it is under Transport Canada's jurisdiction and it is required to follow all of the rules, requirements, and regulations. They would be required to do all of these risk assessments. They would be applying those to their Canadian operation

Transport committee  The task force had a certain mandate and a certain period of operation. It has now had its last meeting. We expect to have something in the order of 40 recommendations provided by the task force. About a third of those recommendations have been implemented, and others are now bei

Transport committee  Maybe I'll just start, Madam Chair, then ask Ms. Diogo if she has anything to add in more detail. Fundamentally this is an issue that is always of concern. It's again one of the key elements that you need to think about in the safety of any transportation system. Typically you wi

Transport committee  Madam Chair, I'll give a general comment, if I may. I would suggest that different types of operating companies or various types of organizations have different challenges. A very large organization may be large, complex, and difficult to necessarily move quickly, and smaller ope

Transport committee  Madam Chair, if I may, I think the design of the regime for railway safety has been reviewed, as have the two particular examples of 2013 and 2015 when Railway Safety Act amendments were proposed and made. The regime was not addressed in terms of the breakdown of how rules opera

Transport committee  Madam Chair, I'm not sure how far I can speculate on those kinds of broad questions. I can tell the committee the process of engaging Canadian government agencies, including Transport Canada, on the regulatory side in various initiatives—where we look at reducing red tape and reg