Transport committee  It was done in the States by the U.S. Congress, not by the FRA. For us, it would be either through regulations or rules. We have all the power in the current act to do it, if we wanted to do it.

Transport committee  For us it's an issue of accountability right now. We don't think it's going to cost money to do it. Right now they have to comply with the rules of the host railway. The railway operating certificate will basically tell us which rules apply to them. We'll give them the ability as

Transport committee  There shouldn't be. That's part of doing good business. Some of these urban transit authorities have already developed a safety management system, and they have them. Some of them are inviting us to do audits on their property, although we can't at this time because they're not r

Transport committee  As far as we're concerned, regulations apply to all railways. The same rules can be adapted to the type of operation, but everything is done from a risk-based perspective so there's nothing that will conflict or that will put one railway against the other and make it less safe th

Transport committee  No. At this time, there are close to 31 railway companies under federal jurisdiction. They all come under Transport Canada. The situation is different for provincially regulated companies. When they use federal tracks, it is the host railway that is held accountable if some meas

Transport committee  If the accident happens on CN or CP tracks, the Transport Safety Board will be the organization tasked with doing the investigation, anywhere in Canada.

Transport committee  Once we get everything relating to the review, we will have about 200 to 230 employees.

Transport committee  We have an infrastructure program which includes tracks, bridges, tunnels, signals and crossings. We also have and equipment program which applies to locomotives and cars, as well as an operating program to control how the trains are operated. We check the qualifications to ensur

Transport committee  Accessibility is a matter coming under the Canada Transportation Act and is therefore regulated by the persons implementing that piece of legislation. They have received complaints from people with reduced mobility about the accessibility of washrooms on the trains of VIA Rail.

Transport committee  It would be only if one could establish that the safety of those persons is jeopardized.

Transport committee  It is based on their compliance profile. We do that on the basis of risk. Those companies that, based on what we know about their operations, have a very high compliance level would be inspected less frequently than those that do not have a similar level of compliance. So, it var

Transport committee  There are some but not many.

Transport committee  Yes, the proportion is roughly the same.

Transport committee  First there is the history behind the crossing, how many accidents. There's the cross-product of vehicles and trains; whether something happened recently; the number of complaints we receive; if for whatever reason there has been a lot of urban development around a crossing where

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thanks to the members for having us here today again. The minister, on Tuesday, touched on some of the key issues in the bill, and I'd like to take about four or five minutes to let you know what we've done with all the recommendations that were gene