Transport Committee on April 16th, 2013

Evidence of meeting #66 for Transport, Infrastructure and Communities in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was shipper.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Bill C-52, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act (administration, air and railway transportation and arbitration)

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Annette Gibbons Director General, Surface Transportation Policy, Department of Transport

Alain Langlois Senior Legal Counsel, Team Leader Modal Transportation Law, Department of Transport

4:30 p.m.

Director General, Surface Transportation Policy, Department of Transport

Annette Gibbons

I can only speak to the purpose of this new measure in Bill C-52, which is to provide an extra tool for shippers beyond the tools that currently exist in the act for shippers to be able to seek the level of service they would like to have from the railway.

4:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

Thank you.

We'll move on.

Shall the title carry?

4:30 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

4:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

Shall the bill carry?

4:30 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

4:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

Shall the chair report the bill to the House?

4:30 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

4:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

Shall the committee order a reprint of the bill for the use of the House at report stage?

4:30 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

4:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

And we're done.

Thank you to our witnesses for being here again.

To the committee, there won't be a meeting on Thursday. We do have witnesses coming on our next study. We'll start that next Tuesday, and we'll be carrying forth from there.

Thank you very much. The meeting is adjourned.