Transport Canada

• Since the disappearance of the OceanGate submersible Titan on June 18, search-and-rescue operations continue for the missing submersible carrying five people to visit the Titanic wreckage.
• Teams from different countries — including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany are joining the operations under a very tight timeline as oxygen runs out on the submersible.
• As the situation unfolds, questions are being raised about risk management, search-and-rescue operations, costs and ethical aspects of responses to such incidents.

Ocean incidents

• Annually, a large number of incidents happen in the Canadian marine environment.
• These numbers suggest that relative to the huge number of marine activities and the number of incidents, conventional marine-based operations are relatively safe and the emergency responses to them are effective.

An unusual situation

• The search-and-rescue operations for the Titan have been proven to be an unusual case, as measured by the complexity, costs, time sensitivity and scale.
• While there are capable teams with the needed equipment and training, they are not sufficient to cover a large area with limited information or uncertainty about the situation.

Operational outcomes

• We need to wait to see how much of this cost will be covered by insurance, OceanGate or the public.
• Particularly, it will bring to the forefront questions about balancing acceptable risks with available emergency response capacities, including search-and-rescue.

Risk assessments

• Unfortunately, many conventional risk assessments, particularly in the private sector organizations, do not pay sufficient attention to available emergency response capacities.
• Conducting a survey of available emergency response capacities to risk assessments can make a significant difference in risk management and regulation.
• Similarly, many current risk assessments do not fully include emergency response costs in their calculations.
• Incorporating these aspects into risk assessments and regulations could help ensure that private operators provide additional safety and risk mitigation measures and assume responsibility for incurred costs.

• TORONTO, June 20, 2023 /CNW/ - Unifor believes the government's new Air Transportation Accountability legislation doesn't address the root problems of air passenger travel – working conditions in the sector.
• "Transport Canada expects this legislation to be used to improve conditions at airports, but they've missed the mark by not acknowledging air transportation workers.
• Our members' working conditions are the public's travel conditions and right now, neither are nearly as good as they should be."
• Transport Canada released C-52: An Act to enact the Air Transportation Accountability Act and to amend the Canada Transportation Act and the Canada Marine Act this afternoon, which introduces the ability for the government to impose service standards on flights and flight-related services.

• Los Angeles, CA., June 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Draganfly Inc. (NASDAQ: DPRO) (CSE: DPRO) (FSE: 3U8A) (“Draganfly” or the “Company”), an award-winning, industry-leading drone solutions, and systems developer, is pleased to announce that Draganfly has been selected by Veterans Elite Drone Training Services (“VEDTS”) to provide enhanced drone pilot training to Canadian veterans for a period of one year, with the option for renewal up to two years.
• VEDTS is dedicated to supporting Canadian veterans by providing comprehensive pilot training in drone technology.
• “Veteran Elite Drone Training Services is such an incredible organization and we are honored to be able to help provide comprehensive pilot training in drone technology to Canadian veterans, giving them the skills and certification necessary to operate drones commercially.”
  "VEDTS is dedicated to supporting Canadian veterans through comprehensive pilot training in drone technology.
• We are excited to enter into this partnership with Draganfly and provide veterans with hands-on experience with their drone technology," said Michel Latouche, CEO of Veterans Elite Drone Training Services.

• To keep building Canada's network of EV chargers, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, today announced support for 30 Ontario-based partner organizations to help install up to 1,908 Level 2 and 100 Level 3 chargers.
• These new chargers will be installed at multi-use residential buildings (MURB), public places, fleets and workplaces.
• The Government of Canada is also providing funding toward five existing EV projects with delivery organizations, which will install up to 1,328 new EV chargers.
• Funding was also provided by the 30 organizations and their partners, bringing the total of these investments to over $35 million.