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Transport committee Thank you very much. It's a distinct pleasure to be able to speak to the committee today. I am the mayor of the city of Langley, and I represent the perspective of this community as it relates to rail issues. I think the most important thing for the committee to know is that we
October 19th, 2006Committee meeting
Peter Fassbender
Transport committee Relative to some of those issues, we support what New Westminster is saying, because they're really faced with the issues of shunting and movement of a lot more cars within their rail yards. Our issues are pass-through trains, the volume of trains and, with whistles, definitely
October 19th, 2006Committee meeting
Peter Fassbender
Transport committee Yes. We are, indeed, with the current overpass that we're building, plus the one that is proposed. Needless to say, with grade separation there is no need for whistling, so that will provide some significant relief for our citizens who are fairly close to the rail lines.
October 19th, 2006Committee meeting
Peter Fassbender
Transport committee Our experience would echo those comments. We have been disappointed in the length of time it has taken to get the railways to the table to discuss local issues that need focus and priority. Each of the railways has been a little bit different. Irrespective of where this goes, we
October 19th, 2006Committee meeting
Peter Fassbender
Transport committee I would simply echo what has just been said. As I said, we're not affected by marshalling yards. I think the solution has to have the kind of teeth in it to ensure that the levels being either suggested or built in can be enforced.
October 19th, 2006Committee meeting
Peter Fassbender
Transport committee The City of Langley would agree with that.
October 19th, 2006Committee meeting
Peter Fassbender
Justice committee Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. I'm pleased to be here with my colleagues. I have the support of Len Garis, and Superintendent Armstrong from the RCMP is on her way. She's caught in traffic, but she will be here shortly. You will have copies of these notes i
April 30th, 2009Committee meeting
Peter Fassbender
Justice committee I want to add a couple of points. Number one, the reality is that municipalities only collect eight cents out of every tax dollar in this country.
April 30th, 2009Committee meeting
Peter Fassbender
Justice committee I know it is, but policing budgets are the single largest item in all municipal budgets. The other thing that's happened is that the shift from the federal government to the municipalities and from the province to the municipalities, as we're paying for more integrated services
April 30th, 2009Committee meeting
Peter Fassbender
Justice committee Right now in this province we have integrated services, which we believe in. That integrated model includes IHIT, the integrated homicide investigation team, ERT, the emergency response teams, and so on. We also pay our share; there's a formula that's used to pay for those. We've
April 30th, 2009Committee meeting
Peter Fassbender
Justice committee It has been a subject around all of the tables, and we recognize that. What we have to do is define the different levels of policing and what value they bring federally, provincially, regionally, and then locally. What is local policing and what does it require? What is the diffe
April 30th, 2009Committee meeting
Peter Fassbender
Justice committee My sense is that you are on the right track. I think when you do get specific about specific offences--the severity of those and the penalties that reflect that--it is absolutely the right direction.
April 30th, 2009Committee meeting
Peter Fassbender
Justice committee If I may, I'll deflect this down the table to Mr. Garis. I know that a lot of the documentation and the calculations are in the material that will be provided to you. Len, did you want to speak to that?
April 30th, 2009Committee meeting
Peter Fassbender
Justice committee It was for integrated policing.
April 30th, 2009Committee meeting
Peter Fassbender
Justice committee I would just make one other quick point, because of the back and forth, the issues, and one of the comments that was made. I would urge the members of the government on both sides of the House to encourage changes to existing regulations that are easy and fast to do, because we
April 30th, 2009Committee meeting
Peter Fassbender