Transport committee  —to force municipalities to advise the railway. But it was recognized by the panel.

Transport committee  We can provide you with the regulations if you want. It's only three and a half pages and you'll have all 12 components of SMS.

Transport committee  For rail, the FRA does not require the U.S. carriers to develop an SMS. They are working towards something called a risk reduction program that they are trying to develop. Just to clarify it, in the rail mode, before the amendments in the Railway Safety Act came into force on May

Transport committee  Yes. We do not approve operation manuals in rail. For train operation, they have to follow the Canadian rail operating rules. All these rules have been approved by the minister, so they have to follow them. In terms of internal procedure that the railway may develop, usually th

Transport committee  You already mentioned the $27 million for grade crossing improvement. There was also about $44 million for oversight, and that means more inspectors to conduct inspection and audit. We also had money for R and D to handle some projects. We had enforcement officers in order to mee

Transport committee  We'll verify it, yes.

Transport committee  Yes, they do. They do internal audits.

Transport committee  Yes, it's one of the components of the SMS regulations.

Transport committee  I think sometimes in their annual reports the railways say globally what they have achieved in performance. They may not provide all the details, but usually people pretty much know their performance with respect to train derailments.

Transport committee  No, I don't think so.

Transport committee  I don't think that's—

Transport committee  No, the act is clear under section 3 that it's the railway that is responsible for the safety of their operation.

Transport committee  I think with the amount of time we spend on the ground with each railway, we have a good understanding of how their SMS works.

Transport committee  Yes, annually.

Transport committee  Usually when they file their update to their SMS, let's say for 2014, they will tell us what they achieved in 2013.