Marc Garneau, Canadian Minister of Transport, discusses the regulatory challenges posed by rapid advancements in autonomous vehicles and intelligent transportation systems.
Opinion
Garneau: Canadian liberalism means staying open to immigration and global trade
“Being a liberal here in Canada is wanting to be open on the world at a time when we see protectionism coming in. We, we've seen some evidence of that in the world where, where people talk about terms like populism and nativism, Coming into, ah, the politics of…”
Opinion
Garneau: Canada's education system is playing catch-up to automation disruption
“There are professions that that could as a result of automated vehicles and intelligent transportation systems lose their jobs, and that's part of the evolution of a society. And the same applies in the manufacturing sector, where robotics is increasingly repl…”
Disclosure
Garneau: Canada will mandate airline passenger rights with strict non-compliance consequences
“We all have, I think if we travel, experienced frustrations, and we said we're going to put in place a set of measures, a uniform, that will apply to all airlines, that will be, in a sense a clear indication to the airlines that if you do not fulfill certain o…”
Assertion Contradicted
Garneau: Transport Canada Sets Airline Legroom Rules Strictly for Evacuation Safety
“Airplanes have to provide a certain leg room, elbow room spacing for safety reasons, in case you have to evacuate the airplane quickly. And that is a Transport Canada requirement. Now, we establish minimums.”
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Garneau: Canada will align transportation technologies with the US over Europe
“I think that every, Europe has its own solutions based on, on its geography and its densities. I think we will probably have some similarities, but I think we'll probably be more like the United States, because we do interact with them a huge amount, and we ha…”
Disclosure
Garneau: Canadian federal infrastructure plan will invest $180 billion
“L'investissement de notre gouvernement dans les infrastructures qui touchent les infrastructures de transport public, euh, les infrastructures sociales, ici je parle de logements abordables, logements social, et infrastructures vertes, euh, vont s'évaluer à ce…”