Transport committee  Mr. Wheten and I will share our seven minutes.

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning. My name is Bill Brehl. I'm the elected national president of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, maintenance of way employees division. We represent over 4,000 Canadian men and women who inspect, maintain, repair, and build the track and str

Transport committee  Mr. Masse, I represent the maintenance workers on CP. Todd represents the same employees on CN. We deal with engineering services. I'm not sure of the culture of punishment and discipline for the operations for the running trades or for the mechanical, but it sounds like a differ

Transport committee  I would have to agree with Jim with the close-call reporting. We're working closely with that at CP on the policy committee. Reporting with amnesty is basically what it is. If you have a close call that could have been an accident but wasn't, you bring it up, you discuss it at

Transport committee  Do you mean operating or non-operating?

Transport committee  The training systems at CP are good when they're utilized for our people, for the engineering services. But I assume they believe they're too expensive to run very much training. They try to get by on the cheap. As Mr. Cotie pointed out, our people on the ground at CP know nothi

Transport committee  Honoured members of the committee, ladies and gentlemen, my name is William Brehl. I'm the president of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference maintenance of way employees division. Our division represents all of the men and women who build, inspect, and maintain the track, bridges

Transport committee  I haven't done a lot of studying of other countries, but as I understand it, high-speed rail is in other countries that have cold climates as well without a problem. It also depends on what type of rail system you're going to go to. If you go to the maglev, the magnetic levitatio

Transport committee  I'll let Mr. Benson answer that.

Transport committee  I'd just like to say that every study I've looked at--and there have been quite a few, I think, since 1987 when I saw the first one--has stated that high-speed rail has to be a part of an integrated transportation system and network. It can't stand alone to get full benefit.

Transport committee  It's not right now, not at this time.

Transport committee  Thank you, Phil. Members of the committee, Mr. Chairman, honoured guests, good afternoon. This is not my strong suit, so bear with me. I'm a track monkey by trade, and public speaking isn't my strength. My name is William Brehl, and I'm the elected national president of the Te

Transport committee  Yes, Sukh, it's more prevalent now than ever before. I remember a couple of years ago when you came with us to see the guys in Coquitlam, the bridge and building department. Two of our members were called in by their supervisor the next day and were asked why a member of Parliame

Transport committee  I can't talk about how much it will cost Transport Canada to do it. It will be up to their budget. I'm willing to fight for a bigger budget for Transport Canada any time. The necessity goes without saying. Luc Bourdon brought up Securitas. You made a very good point when you sa

Transport committee  I would say Transport Canada, not the Transportation Safety Board.