Transport committee  If you include all the companies which have a certificate of competence issued to them by the Canadian Transportation Agency, there are 36 in total. Ontario has adopted the federal regulations, and it passed legislation whereby we manage its railroads. So that's 13 more. It's par

Transport committee  In total, CN and CP represent about 72 per cent of all railway traffic. They are responsible for most of the transportation by rail.

Transport committee  Indeed, there is also VIA Rail.

Transport committee  We take a risk-based approach in our audits. We concentrate on railway companies which we believe represent the highest risk of accidents. Of course, there are smaller railway companies with only two or three employees. These companies switch wagons from point A to point B. They

Transport committee  That is not true.

Transport committee  We in fact look at all railway companies. If it has been one or two years since we have inspected a company, even if nothing has really happened, we figure it's time to drop by to see how things are and to make sure the system is as good as it was during the last inspection. We w

Transport committee  There has been an increase of 12 in the last year, so there were less than that. But to say the least, it has been an extremely stable environment in the number of inspectors. So prior to 2001 we had a total, I believe, of 78 or 79 inspectors across the country, including Ottawa.

Transport committee  The provincially regulated one, the last time we calculated how many resources are used on a yearly basis, was less than two FTEs. Those are the ones done through a memorandum of understanding. It depends on the requests we get, but it's less than two full-time employees a year d

Transport committee  If they're provincially regulated, as I said, it's done through an MOU. For others it's a contractual agreement we may get at the beginning of the year, as they may ask us to do a certain part of their.... But we work for them. We don't provide any real oversight to the railway i

Transport committee  In Ontario, we have enforcement powers. In other provinces, these may vary depending on what the MOU says.

Transport committee  I'll have to check. I assume they would probably keep records of all of that. You probably want to know whether, on the spot, it will flag right away when there's a difference. I'll have to check on that.

Transport committee  Yes, we'll get that to you.

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  There's no doubt that the technology provides a better level of inspection. The submission CN has done with the panel for the review of the Railway Safety Act, which is a public document available on their website, provided a very good document on all the technology they are usin

Transport committee  No, it's not the opening one.