Levels of service review - 2007
Other Government Services

Follow-up

This section summarizes responses from participants concerning services provided by other Government organizations and the information conveyed by their representatives, if any.

Transport Canada

Office of Boating Safety

• Add within the marine safety regulations, the obligation of fitting boats with a radar reflector and ventilating boats running gas engines as a means of preventing explosions at marina refuelling stations.
  

  Actions taken :

• This request was transferred to Transport Canada, Office of Boating Safety.
  

Protection of navigable waters

• Remove or mark the boom anchoring structures used for pulp floating on the Saint-Maurice River.
  

  Actions taken :
  
  

• This request was transferred to Transport Canada, Protection of navigable waters Division.
  

Department of National Defence

• Mark the Lake St-Pierre DND shooting zone with only lighted buoys.
  

  Actions taken :

• This marking (lighted and unlighted buoys) was designed jointly with the Canadian Coast Guard to define the shooting zone and meets current CCG standards.

Environement Canada

Canada Meteorological Service

• Implement a weather service for Îles-de-la-Madeleine, for added boater and fisher safety.
  

  Actions taken :

• This request was transferred to Environment Canada.
  

• Ensure that weather forecasts support fishing activities on Lower North-Shore and, in that respect, check the operational status of the wind measurement equipment located at different stations (e.g. Cape Whittle) because broadcast data are often outdated (same data broadcast for several days).

  Actions taken :

• This request was transferred to Environment Canada.