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Transportation in Canada 2000 |
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TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY
The safety record of Canada's transportation
system
continues to show improvement.
One of Transport Canada's most important tasks is to ensure
that Canada's transportation system is safe. This is done by the
development of practical and effective safety programs and regulations,
and by ensuring compliance with these regulations and related
technical standards. To achieve this objective, Transport Canada
regulates and co-ordinates safety-related matters in several areas,
including: aeronautics and airports; air and marine navigation;
marine shipping facilities; commercial shipping; new motor vehicle
standards; railway facilities and operations; bridges and canals
connecting provinces with each other or with the United States;
and transportation of dangerous goods.
Transport Canada works closely with all stakeholders - including
the federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments,
industry, and non-governmental organizations - to help ensure
that Canada's transportation system is among the world's safest.
The Transportation Safety Board and provincial governments, in
particular, play important roles in maintaining the safety of
the system nationwide. In addition, Transport Canada collaborates
with foreign governments, agencies and organizations on several
international safety initiatives.
Using reports of rail, marine and aviation accidents and incidents
made to the Transportation Safety Board as its primary source
of information, this chapter describes recent trends in occurrence
statistics for all modes of transport, as well as for the transportation
of dangerous goods.
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