Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  No, the real triggers are really what's causing the relocation. For instance, if the municipality wishes to build a new road network, and if that's the primary trigger for the relocation, then the act prescribes.... I'll have to get back to you with the precise details Oh, I do

Transport committee  I'm sure they have. I have to apologize to the committee, as I'll have to get back to you on that. I've only been with the agency for five weeks, so I'm still in the process of digesting the history, but we'll definitely get back with complete numbers for you—

Transport committee  The considerations you raise are really more dealt with by Transport Canada through their railway operators' certificate, because it's mostly operational, taking a look at it from a safety perspective. Ours is more from the economic viability perspective, to assure Canadians that

Transport committee  I'm sorry, I missed the....

Transport committee  Okay, probably so.

Transport committee  Section 23 of the Railway Safety Act , for instance, provides new authorities to the agency with respect to fire. That was a subamendment to that legislation from the Safe and Accountable Rail Act. It essentially provides for municipalities and localities to make the case that if

Transport committee  With all due respect, Madam Chair, could I come back to the committee with that? To be perfectly frank, I would be guessing at this point. I will definitely come back.

Transport committee  Sure.

Transport committee  We're accountable, through the legislation we administer, the Canada Transportation Act. To that end, as a quasi-judicial economic regulator, we are accountable to Parliament, and we administer the acts as prescribed by law.

Transport committee  There are actually a number of certificates. I just want to clarify that there's the railway operating certificate, which is issued by Transport Canada, and that's the mechanism that gets more into questions of safety. Then, as a concurrent piece, we do the certificate of fitness

Transport committee  If that observation is related to the infrastructure of the rail line and it's a rail line they don't own, when we look at a certificate of fitness, we look at the railway's own business model. But again, these things aren't done in isolation from any other considerations. So, ob

Transport committee  No, the insurance levels are prescribed by Parliament through the Safe and Accountable Rail Act, and so what we're doing is we are preparing to be able to enforce those. We've been in discussions for a number of months with different stakeholders, both in the insurance field and

Transport committee  No, the insurance levels are prescribed by the Safe and Accountable Rail Act.

Transport committee  Yes, if you're operating on a federally regulated line in Canada.