Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2015-03-31 16:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. John Carmichael",
        "fr": "M. John Carmichael"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4033109\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I do enjoy working with my colleague opposite on the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. We had the opportunity to review various reports through the course of the year provided by the Auditor General. Clearly this one report on railway safety was one of great concern to all of us. Certainly the issue of Lac-M\u00e9gantic was one that brought focus to our committee and functionally to all Canadians on the terrible tragedy that occurred in that environment.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4033110\" data-originallang=\"en\">When we studied the recommendations of the Auditor General's report, it is important to know first of all that Transport Canada, the minister and her officials accepted the recommendations of the Auditor General and moved very quickly to put many new safety regulations in place that would ensure that a situation such as the horror of Lac-M\u00e9gantic would not reoccur.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4033111\" data-originallang=\"en\">More importantly, I would like to point out to the member and I think he will agree with me, that the focus was taken off inspections. While inspectors are critical for day-to-day operations, there was a greater focus put on longer-term audit. Clearly, Transport Canada has increased the number of auditors within that organization by some 85% in very short order. The training is ongoing and is very substantial as they work to create a longer-term view of establishing safety operations within railways. The report that came out of that Auditor General's report by the committee truly acknowledged those changes.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4033109\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je suis ravi de travailler avec le d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'en face au sein du Comit\u00e9 permanent des comptes publics. Au cours de l'ann\u00e9e, nous avons eu l'occasion d'examiner divers rapports du v\u00e9rificateur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral. Il va sans dire que le rapport sur la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 ferroviaire a beaucoup pr\u00e9occup\u00e9 les membres du comit\u00e9. La terrible trag\u00e9die survenue \u00e0 Lac-M\u00e9gantic a certainement attir\u00e9 l'attention du comit\u00e9 et de l'ensemble de la population canadienne sur la situation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4033110\" data-originallang=\"en\">Tout d'abord, il est important de savoir que, lorsque nous avons \u00e9tudi\u00e9 les recommandations contenues dans le rapport du v\u00e9rificateur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, Transports Canada, la ministre et ses fonctionnaires ont accept\u00e9 les recommandations du v\u00e9rificateur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral et ont agi tr\u00e8s rapidement pour mettre en place un grand nombre de nouveaux r\u00e8glements, qui permettront d'\u00e9viter que se reproduise une situation horrible comme celle survenue \u00e0 Lac-M\u00e9gantic.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4033111\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'aimerais surtout signaler au d\u00e9put\u00e9 \u2014 et je pense qu'il sera d'accord avec moi \u2014 qu'on a cess\u00e9 de mettre l'accent sur les inspections. La pr\u00e9sence d'inspecteurs est essentielle pour les op\u00e9rations quotidiennes, mais on insiste maintenant davantage sur les v\u00e9rifications \u00e0 long terme. Transports Canada a augment\u00e9 tr\u00e8s rapidement le nombre de v\u00e9rificateurs internes de quelque 85 %. La formation en cours est tr\u00e8s d\u00e9taill\u00e9e, car le minist\u00e8re cherche \u00e0 \u00e9tablir \u00e0 long terme des op\u00e9rations de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 au sein des soci\u00e9t\u00e9s ferroviaires. Le rapport du comit\u00e9 qui a fait suite au rapport du v\u00e9rificateur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral tient vraiment compte de ces changements.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2015/3/31/john-carmichael-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/john-carmichael/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4077/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8640639",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Safe and Accountable Rail Act",
        "fr": "Loi sur la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 et l\u2019imputabilit\u00e9 en mati\u00e8re ferroviaire"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2015/3/31/",
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