Transport committee  I have the numbers here from the TSB. Collisions at crossings went down about 22%, trespassing accidents by 34%, and main track derailments by about 26%. Overall, if you look at it, for main track, trespassing, and crossings—the one we're really following—there's been a decrease,

Transport committee  Definitely. I think it was a real eye-opener for many in the railway. I think the panel did some very good work. They consulted extensively. They had 15 public consultations. More than 70 people showed up to make their own presentations. I think 185 papers were tabled. They had 8

Transport committee  We've increased our resources for outreach. We now have five more people than we had, just to deal with education on crossing and trespassing. The government added some money with Operation Lifesaver as well, which focuses on crossing and trespassing prevention. They do about 2,0

Transport committee  We do not have the authority to require tunnels over or under railways. As far as we are concerned, the regulation will increase the protection at railway crossings. However, if we see that the situation is not under control, we will take measures like reducing the speed of train

Transport committee  Because the Transportation Safety Board already uses the Securitas system, which goes a bit further than ours. These people also receive complaints from the public, whereas we only deal with internal reports. This enhancement was brought to the safety management systems. This is

Transport committee  When employees submit a complaint to Transport Canada, we investigate immediately. Often, it is a case of non-compliance with rules or regulations. When people go to the Transportation Safety Board, they have to send us a security notice and write a letter. This involves delays.

Transport committee  Our oversight system is made up of two components. First, the inspection component. That deals with checking equipment, the track itself, as well as the training of on-board staff. This is done under current rules and regulations. The other component is security management system

Transport committee  The panel felt, especially in yards when there were some spills...it's a confined area, and nobody knew exactly what would happen after these spills and all the cleanup that would occur. They thought it would be appropriate to require the railway to file environmental plans to le

Transport committee  They were more to clarify the role of the minister in some areas in which we were already doing some things. For instance, in research and development and evaluation of new technology, we've been handling projects for years, but it's never been clear in the act that we had author

Transport committee  First, in the bill there is a provision to put a regulation together. Once the bill is passed, the first thing will be to develop the regulation to determine the criteria for obtaining this certificate. First, we need the bill to get the authority to put the regulation together,

Transport committee  No, because they would not be under federal jurisdiction. We have no authority over them when they are—

Transport committee  Where CN and CP operate on those lines, CN and CP will require a railway operating certificate. Therefore, they are going to operate on what we call a host railway. Therefore, we are going to look for evidence that they are doing it together.

Transport committee  We don't have authority to force them to obtain a certificate, but I don't think they will carry two sets of books, a safety program for their own track and a different one for CN and CP. We have been talking extensively with GO Transit. As a matter of fact, we have put a working

Transport committee  Yes, there were 47 of them.

Transport committee  There's a provision in this bill that would allow the Governor in Council to make regulations with respect to environmental plans that would require the railway to file an environmental plan with Transport Canada, to demonstrate how they're measuring compliance with that plan, an