Correspondence from PACP received October 28, 2022
| STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTS |
COMITÉ PERMANENT DES COMPTES PUBLICS |
Via email
October 28, 2022
Mr. Michael Keenan
Deputy Minister
Transport Canada
Dear Michael Keenan,
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts would like to inform you that, despite the dissolution of the 43rd Parliament, all requests for documents stemming from our reports adopted in the 42nd and 43rd Parliaments are expected to be addressed as required in its recommendations, as well as those stemming from the 44th Parliament.
Here is a calendar of responses stemming from the 42nd and 43rd Parliaments expected from Transport
Canada:
| 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session | ||
| Report 3 – Follow-up Audit on the Transportation of Dangerous Goods |
Recommendation 1 | 31 December 2021 and 2022 |
| Recommendation 3 | 30 June 2022, 31 December 2022, 30 June 2023, 31 December 2023, 30 June 2024, and 31 December 2024 |
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| Recommendation 5 | 31 January 2022 | |
| Report 21 – Follow-up Audit on Rail Safety |
Recommendation 1 | 28 February 2023 |
| Recommendation 6 | 31 October 2022 |
The Committee has agreed to extend to your department the option to either provide the responses whose deadline have already occurred (in bold characters in the calendar) no later than 15 November 2022 in a letter or to appear before the Committee to do so in person.
Related to Recommendation 2 in, Report 3 – Follow-up Audit on the Transportation of Dangerous Goods, the Committee is satisfied with the response provided in April 2022, which states that the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Program’s new Regulatory Oversight Management “has fully addressed Recommendation 2 by providing a means to verify and document the compliance status of dangerous goods sites.” Therefore, the required responses for 2023 and 2024 related to that recommendation will no longer be needed.
Should you have any questions regarding this request, please contact Cédric Taquet, Clerk of the Committee.
Best regards,
John Williamson
Chairman, Standing Committee on Public Accounts
Letter sent to PACP on November 22, 2022
November 22, 2022
MP Williamson
Chair of the Committee
Standing Committee on Public Accounts
Sixth Floor, 131 Queen Street
House of Commons
Ottawa ON K1A 0A6
Dear MP Williamson:
I would like to thank you for your letter dated October 28, 2022, regarding reports being sought by the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
Transport Canada shared a follow-up report to the Committee’s Report 5, Follow-up Audit on Rail Safety on October 28, 2022 and will continue to provide the follow-up reports by the deadlines imposed by the Committee at the readoption of its report on February 8, 2022.
Should the Committee re-adopt Report 3, Follow-up Audit on the Transportation of Dangerous Goods and request follow-up reports, the department would be pleased to respond.
Sincerely,
Michael Keenan, Deputy Minister of Transport
Transport Canada