Fisheries committee  There were four. I'm talking specifically, Mr. Chair, about incidents where cargo went overboard, as opposed to cargo shifting, because one of our reportable occurrences is cargo shift or cargo loss. In terms of cargo loss, there were four occurrences. The most recent one was in

Fisheries committee  I don't have any details beyond that. Each one is unique in terms of the circumstances. This particular occurrence will give us an opportunity to look back at some of those and look at what's happening in other marine jurisdictions to see if there's any commonality among any of

Fisheries committee  Mr. Harvey, I don't know if you can reference any in your memory. In my memory, the one that comes to mind is the grounding and subsequent sinking of the Nathan E. Stewart off Bella Bella in 2016. We took a very close look at the incident response. We made a number of findings

Fisheries committee  Go ahead, Mr. Harvey.

Fisheries committee  Yes, Mr. Chair. I was referring to the number of marine recommendations that the Transportation Safety Board has issued since we were created back in 1990. We've issued 159 marine-related recommendations and those are to the regulator, Transport Canada, the Department of Fisherie

Fisheries committee  As Mr. Harvey said, it should be possible to undertake communication in French, but we don't have any information to indicate whether it has been a problem in the past. I don't want to give an opinion on the matter without any supporting evidence.

Fisheries committee  I can speak, Mr. Chair, generally to that question. We have a policy on occurrence classification, which is available on our website, but which we're happy to table with the committee. It outlines the things we look at. In particular, our role is to advance transportation safety

Fisheries committee  The follow-up on that is simply that.... We get between 3,500 and 4,000 occurrences reported to us per year in all modes. All of those occurrences are assessed, documented and analyzed to determine if we're going to deploy a team, and then, once we've deployed, what level of inve

Fisheries committee  I don't want to speak for the Canadian Coast Guard or Fisheries and Oceans Canada. From our experience in conducting other investigations—including the one into the sinking of the Nathan E. Stewart—we found that the response was quite timely but that there was some confusion arou

Fisheries committee  I don't have enough information on that to answer your question. I should point out that the crews of most of the foreign vessels entering Canada are made up of people from different countries, so English isn't necessarily their first language. I'm not sure whether Mr. Harvey h

Fisheries committee  Mr. Harvey, do you have any information on that?

Fisheries committee  The investigation was launched under the authority of Mr. Harvey as the director of investigations for marine, so I'd ask him to respond, please.

Fisheries committee  Mr. Harvey can perhaps speak to what's happening at the international level and our involvement there.

Fisheries committee  It is a reportable occurrence. Mr. Harvey, go ahead.

Fisheries committee  Go ahead, Cliff.