Review of the Canadian transportation safety regime - transportation of dangerous goods and safety management systems : Report of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities

REVIEW OF THE CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION SAFETY REGIME: TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Report of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Larry Miller Chair MARCH 2015 41st PARLIAMENT, SECOND SESSION Published under the authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons SPEAKER’S PERMISSION Reproduction of the proceedings of the House of Comm [...] For this reason, the TSB suggested that Transport Canada consider new, higher standards for the tank cars used to transport dangerous goods.60 Since the TSB appeared before the Committee, the federal government has taken the least crash-resistant DOT-111s out of circulation for the transportation of dangerous goods, implemented new regulations to increase the safety and design standards of new tan [...] During his testimony in May 2014, the Mayor from the Municipalité de Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley expressed concerns about railways’ practice of repeatedly reducing the maximum allowable speed on sections of railways to meet minimum regulatory requirements instead of making the investments necessary to improve the safety of the infrastructure.77 The Mayor’s statement appears to agree with the inform [...] This led to the development of a framework to improve the regime.97 A second round of consultations on this framework began in August 2014.98 The Committee recommends: That Transport Canada implement a comprehensive reform of the liability and compensation regime for rail to ensure that victims and their families obtain the compensation they deserve, that the polluter- pays principle is upheld, an [...] The Committee heard that this technology is currently part of the standard vehicle packages offered by two of the seven major truck manufacturers in Canada and that it is quite inexpensive relative to the cost of a new vehicle.169 Representatives from the trucking industry who appeared before the Committee expressed unilateral support for a new manufacturing standard similar to the one in the Unit