The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (formerly: Canadian Aviation Safety Board) is the independent Canadian government agency responsible for transportation safety across Canada. The agency reports to the Parliament of Canada through the President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. The headquarters are located in Gatineau, Quebec.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada's mandate is as follows:
- conducting independent investigations, including public inquiries when necessary, into selected transportation occurrences in order to make findings as to their causes and contributing factors;
- identifying safety deficiencies, as evidenced by transportation occurrences;
- making recommendations designed to eliminate or reduce any such safety deficiencies; and
- reporting publicly on our investigations and on the findings in relation thereto.
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