Overview

• The Transportation Safety Board first called for mandatory stability assessments in 2015 after a capsizing killed three fishers.
• A 2023 report found that the Chief William Saulis had not received a stability test after modifications before it sank in 2020, killing six fishers.
• In its latest annual review, the TSB once more classified Transport Canada’s response to this decade-old recommendation as “unsatisfactory.”
• Relatives of the 2020 victims, including mother Lori Cogswell-Phillips, warn that delayed action is putting fishing crews at risk.
• The board maintains that mandatory assessments would help crews load catch and gear safely, reducing the chance of vessels flipping over.