Transport committee  It's an American system. It sort of has to do with the supply chain you mentioned earlier, since it provides information about it. The system also provides information about mechanical issues, such as brakes and maintenance. You can obtain a lot of information with the system.

Transport committee  They are able to find out with the system—

Transport committee  No, the municipalities can find out with the help of the AskRail application. We don't have access to it, but first responders can have the app on their phones and find out exactly what's on the train. However, they can only find out as the train goes by.

Transport committee  That's right.

Transport committee  The fact remains that we know what a train contains in the event of an accident. That's still an excellent source of information. We know exactly what type of intervention will be needed. However, clearly—

Transport committee  I'm not sure I can answer that. It may be possible to obtain the information sooner. In terms of the delay itself, I would not want to mislead you by answering inaccurately.

Transport committee  We have obtained funding from private partners. We have the funds we need from that sector. The provincial governments' contribution is also very good, but we are still waiting for the federal government. For almost a year, we have been waiting for answers about funding for this

Transport committee  Oh, oh! I don't think I need to answer that.

Transport committee  In our view, it is clear that the training for conductors and first responders should be standardized and made compulsory. Those are our two recommendations.

Transport committee  Not to my knowledge. The U.S. has what is known as the Positive Train Control. I'm not sure what the French equivalent is.

Transport committee  We have examined the technology and the type of reports it can do. It is really wonderful. Of course, the cost of the system implemented in the United States is huge. At any rate, 60% of CN's locomotives have this system, since they operate in the U.S. They therefore must have th

Transport committee  There's a new application, AskRail, that makes it possible to obtain all that information, but it is certainly not in line with the bill that was just introduced. Positive Train Control provides that sort of information very quickly.

Transport committee  There is no training in rail safety or the culture of safety. The national railway companies, the CN and CP, provide training on safety, specifically to operators, but that training is not recognized from company to company. In other words, a CN employee who is going to work at

Transport committee  We have organized training with the folks from TRANSCAER, who came to Lac-Mégantic to provide training to the people in the region. In fact, people from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Montreal and Quebec City also came for the training on rail issues. The event was on a weekend with

Transport committee  Okay, I'll resend the document.