Transport committee  Are you talking about school buses?

Transport committee  I'll start. Then Mr. DeJong will provide more details. I would say that the most important consequence of these amendments was the clarification of the requirements. If, in fact, a school board, a province or a territory wants to have seat belts in school buses, they will have

Transport committee  The enforcement piece, like everything else in the country, would be the responsibility of the province or territory where those school buses are located. That's where the enforcement piece happens. The compliance, though, would likely fall to the bus driver or a monitor on the b

Transport committee  In relation to school buses, we've certainly looked to the south many times and have some information with respect to that. There are eight states in the U.S. that have varying forms of regulations or laws related to seat belts. That goes from lap belts only, in New York and Flor

Transport committee  It's in relation to all the operational issues that manifest on school buses differently than on transit or highway buses, coupled with how safe school buses are already built. Different from a transit bus or a highway bus, they're already built to be quite safe. There would be t

Transport committee  I'll bet.

Transport committee  It was important that we carry out a detailed, thorough, holistic, multipronged research approach towards addressing the recommendation in terms of crashworthiness standards, not simply adapt the American standards but have them properly done in the Canadian context to ensure tha

Transport committee  I'm sorry.

Transport committee  I'm not sure, but I can tell you that we will be testing city buses this summer. Do you know when we last tested, Mike?

Transport committee  The short answer is, absolutely. We continue to work with the Society of Automotive Engineers, the SAE, to look through that and noodle through how to make that work with a crash or the event data recorder in response to the third recommendation.

Transport committee  Sorry. I was just going to say that we know seat belts do add an added layer of protection to that.

Transport committee  The tests that we are going to do are, in fact, part of the task force. We are hoping to have an initial report from the task force before the summer. Then we will just continue to build on that for coaches, highway buses, and municipal buses versus specifically on school buses.

Transport committee  Thank you for your question. I assure you that the TSB's recommendations are taken very seriously. They are important and well-documented. However, it is Parliament that should answer this question because it comes under the act.

Transport committee  Absolutely. You always need to have a different perception or opinion on other facts to effectively manage road safety. This information is of great value.

Transport committee  Thank you for your question. It is very common for Canada to align its standards with American ones. With respect to crashworthiness, which Ms. Fox told us about, the TSB guided us by making a recommendation in this regard. We continue to research that point, and in fact, I th