Public Accounts committee  As of January 1, 2017, 5,034.

Public Accounts committee  I think the whole motor vehicle safety program is about 90 people, Kim? It's about 90.

Public Accounts committee  I would agree that there are significant problems here and that they need to be rectified. The department has undertaken to rectify them and is carefully managing a program to deliver on the plans to which we committed to the Auditor General. Across the entire 5,034 people who wo

Public Accounts committee  I can't find the sentence, but I would commend—

Public Accounts committee  I would commend the Auditor General for the efficiency of his language, because in one sentence he encapsulated two significant challenges. The first is that Transport Canada is not currently receiving all of the data available on collisions, collision factors, and other factors.

Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Public Accounts committee  It's taking me too long to get to the second part. This is why the Auditor General's sentence is so efficient, because the second problem contained in that sentence is that, while we have a research program and we generate research through it, and while we rely on research from r

Public Accounts committee  Yes. You are right, Transport Canada often waits for the United States to develop regulations to define its rules. That's entirely true. I would characterize that as part of a regulatory strategy wherein we are seeking to get the highest level of safety practicable, and in the c

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The member correctly noted that the Auditor General found that as of December 2015, we had an inventory of 24 vehicles that had yet to be examined. As of about two weeks ago, that inventory was down to two. Those two vehicles were a Mercedes SL 400—kind of

Public Accounts committee  First, we believe that we can make progress in getting more information more quickly from some of our key partners through dialogue and engagement, as opposed to compelling it through legislation. We're executing a plan to do that in response to the Auditor General's correct obse

Public Accounts committee  Thanks for that question. It cuts to the heart of our mandate. Mr. Chair, I would like to say that it's great to see the honourable member. I think it was a week ago in the other committee that we were exchanging views. I think you ask a really important question. In the work

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question. In fact, thank you for about four questions, I think. I'll work my way through them. I apologize, because I probably was too brief in my introductory comments. I'll start with the question about the consultations on the regulatory process, where you

Public Accounts committee  There has been a long history in the evolution of the regulatory standard for child safety seats in Canada and the United States. The maximum weight that regulators allow for children in the child seats has crept up over the years. Canada has acted in a similar fashion to the Uni

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, thank you very much for the welcome. I'm happy to be here today, and look forward to the opportunity to discuss the Auditor General's 2016 “Report 4, Oversight of Passenger Vehicle Safety”. I'd like to thank the Office of the Auditor General for a very thorough and co

Transport committee  The short answer is that I agree completely with you. I think a major change is coming. There's a lot of upside promised by both of those, and there is a lot of work going on in terms of regulation and new innovation programming in order to, if you will, seize the upside and prot