The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) will be participating in Operation Nanook 2014 from 25-29 August 2014. This is an annual exercise organized in Northern Canada by the Canadian Forces. This year’s exercise is taking place in the vicinity of Iqaluit, Nunavut and involves the simulated grounding and evacuation of a cruise ship. The … Read more
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada’s (TSB) 2013-2014 Annual Report was tabled in Parliament. It highlights the important work the TSB does to advance safety on waterways, along pipelines or railways, or in skies from coast to coast to coast. The Annual Report identifies progress made in a number of areas. Last year, 7 Board recommendations … Read more
Government House Leader Peter Van Loan (York-Simcoe, Ont.) announced two appointments to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. Kathleen Fox, who has enjoyed a four-decade career in the aviation sector, including membership of the Transportation Safety Board since 2007, will become the board’s next chairperson. Faye Ackermans, a 25-year veteran of the rail industry, has been … Read more
In an unprecedented move, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) and the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued strong recommendations to improve the safe transportation of crude oil by rail. The greater risk of shipping increasingly more crude oil by rail across North America demands coordinated solutions. “In the course of our Lac-Mégantic investigation, … Read more
Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, Ont.) addressed the International Economic Forum of the Americas to outline Canada's continued commitment to business and economic development. The minister highlighted how opening markets, and being open to the world, is one of the government's core beliefs, because it generates innovation, growth and jobs for all Canadians. … Read more
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its annual reassessment of responses to board recommendations. When the TSB identifies serious safety deficiencies during an investigation, it issues recommendations to the regulator or industry, putting a direct spotlight on what needs to be addressed. Troubled by slow progress, the TSB is now calling on Transport … Read more
Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, Ont.) hosted a round-table consultation in Toronto, Ont., with high tech innovators and municipal Open Data leaders on the relaunch of the Government of Canada's Open Data Portal. The Toronto round table is the first in a series of cross-country consultations with Canadians, tech innovators and the Open … Read more
