This is a low-cost, sustainable mode of transport. Canada has the benefit of the National Transportation Safety Board, admirably led by Mr. Bouchard. The TSB has all manner of statutory responsibility in the marine, air and rail modes, yet none in the area of road transportation. There is currently no common data available on road safety. This kind of national knowledge base and expertise that the provinces and the federal government could use to deal with safety on our roads would be very beneficial.
Transportation needs new ideas and strong leaders.
The Department of National Defence set up a chair of defence management studies at Queens University to look at new ideas and educate the new leaders. My colleague, Industry Minister John Manley, recently spoke of about 2,000 centres of excellence and chairs being set up at universities all over Canada. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 1999. All rights reserved.