Transport committee  I would prefer that the standards be set out directly in the legislation.

Transport committee  The Coalition québécoise contre les bruits ferroviaires would like to see a standard established to control the number of decibels allowed for day and night time activities, creating an offence for any railway company that exceeds the limit. The CTA would have the authority to intervene and give the company 30 days to make things right.

Transport committee  It would be hard for me to find a solution for CN, but I can give you a few ideas. I know that currently, in Europe, there is a pneumatic system to dampen the noise when trains are assembled. Here, they still do it the old way, and the engines hit the rail cars. Also, procedures have changed in the shunting yards, which is why they are noisier.

Transport committee  I would like to thank the members of the Transport Committee for inviting us here today. I represent thousands of citizens, including the shunting yards in a number of Quebec municipalities, including Sainte-Foy, Limoilou, Charny, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, for the Quebec region and Outremont, Côte-Saint-Luc, Mont-Royal, Pointe-Saint-Charles, and Old Montreal, for the Montreal region.