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Transport committee Actually, when we updated our track safety rules, this is why we made track geometry testing as well as rail flaw detection mandatory, to measure exactly what you're talking about. Depending on the tonnage being used on a track, there are different levels of inspection they have
June 12th, 2014Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee Absolutely. On top of this, TC also purchased six light track-geometry inspection vehicles to monitor track geometry on all Canadian railways.
June 12th, 2014Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee Yes. We have our track safety rules that are updated from time to time. The last major revision was in May of last year, coming into force on May 25, to recognize some new technology and bring the railway to a higher standard by requiring rail flaw detections and track geometry
June 12th, 2014Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee It will be by the fall.
June 12th, 2014Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee As we speak, about 95% of all our inspectors have been trained as SMS auditors, so it's about 100 now.
June 12th, 2014Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Transport committee At the time of the audit, we had 67% that had been trained for SMS, and I think it was 77% for audit. By the end of this month, everyone will have received the training.
June 12th, 2014Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Public Accounts committee The safety management system is a regulation that has 12 elements, so in order to be in compliance with the safety management system the railway will develop everything in place, the proper procedures and the program, in order to meet those 12 elements. But the company can also h
April 30th, 2014Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Public Accounts committee Yes, three years was maybe a bit ambitious, especially now with the amendment to the act whereby we're getting 46 more key elements in the system, so now we've gone up to 76. With the amount of inspections we conduct on a yearly basis, that provides us with a lot of information o
April 30th, 2014Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Public Accounts committee It's part of the safety management system regulation that they have to perform audits of their own system.
April 30th, 2014Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Public Accounts committee It's not five years for them; it's for us. For them, they will do it on a regular basis.
April 30th, 2014Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Public Accounts committee According to our follow-up process, if we issue notices and orders, which is what we did in the case of MMA, those cannot be withdrawn unless the company sends us a reply. We followed up on all those files. Notices and orders have been sent out since 2004-2006. Notices were serv
April 30th, 2014Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Public Accounts committee That would bring our entire inspection force—because it's moving, as you mentioned, we're retiring, we're gaining—to about 105 right now, which means that 105 will have the training by June. There are five remaining, which includes some inspectors as well as some managers. So we'
April 30th, 2014Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Public Accounts committee That's about it, yes.
April 30th, 2014Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Public Accounts committee It's probably going to go to five.
April 30th, 2014Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon
Public Accounts committee Yes. So, to answer your question, 100% of our people will be fully trained to do audits by the end of June.
April 30th, 2014Committee meeting
Luc Bourdon