Transport committee  Before I turn to Mike to talk about the particular technologies, you're absolutely correct that this is complicated and complex, when you consider that some school buses have up to 70 children, all the way from kindergarten up to basically adult-size in grade 12. I grew up in rur

Transport committee  You've identified, again, the level of complexities, and thus the need to carry out a full, well-thought-through research project and program to identify what could be seen to be unforeseen consequences related to a particular decision—for instance, with respect to seats—and vali

Transport committee  Before answering the question in terms of 1984, which I'll turn over to my colleague, who is very steeped in that data, I will say that we know seat belts provide another layer of safety. School buses, which are built very robustly, provide a number of safety features. In fact, t

Transport committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee, for the opportunity to discuss Transport Canada's initiatives to enhance bus passenger safety. As mentioned, I am joined today by Michael DeJong. He is the Director General of Transport Canada's Multimodal and Road Safety Bra

Transport committee  I'll defer to my colleagues. I don't have that number available to me.

Transport committee  We tripled the inspector cadre of our department. That was post-Lac-Mégantic, a number of years ago, obviously. Those numbers are tripled. My colleagues can give you the exact numbers, or we can provide them to the committee.

Transport committee  I don't know if that's really the answer. I can't give that answer. It was important that we were able to respond, and—

Transport committee  Lac-Mégantic was, obviously, a traumatic event for this country.

Transport committee  Mr. Aubin, even though Ms. Fox doesn't meet with the minister, within our department we meet on a regular basis. Monsieur Laporte and I have met frequently over the past month. It is a regular ongoing conversation, discussion, sharing of information and best practices to be abl

Transport committee  I'll let—okay, go ahead.

Transport committee  I'll start and then turn it over to my colleagues, who are both responsible for their particular sector so that we're driving the priorities forward. Organizationally, Transport, like every other government department, manages its resources based on the priorities that are set

Transport committee  Thank you very much. Good afternoon, Madam Chair and committee members. My name is Kevin Brosseau. As mentioned, I'm the assistant deputy minister of safety and security at Transport Canada. I am joined by Brigitte Diogo, the director general of rail safety, and Benoit Turcotte,

Transport committee  I personally am not, but I'll turn to my colleagues before we answer as a department.