Transport committee  Similar to what Monsieur Jobin said, what concerns us about the wording of the law is proposed paragraph 95.1(b), where it refers to having to take into account the operational requirements of the railway company. That just leaves it wide open.

Transport committee  Essentially, I agree with Monsieur Jobin's point that regardless of whether you're putting your own noise limits into the law or whether you're referencing the World Health Organization, the law has to have deadlines for them when there is a dispute. When someone makes a complain

Transport committee  Yes, I think it depends on how the act is going to go through. If the act is going to go through with some monitoring of the decibel levels, then sure, let's just follow the World Health Organization and make sure at night that the decibel levels are below an acceptable level. If

Transport committee  ProPointe's preference would be to follow the World Health Organization's guidelines--I referenced these in our brief--purely because the WHO guidelines will probably evolve with time. They're going to keep their eye on this type of thing. Unless Parliament wants to set up anot

Transport committee  As far as we are aware, no, CN has no plans in case of emergency. There's no emergency plan for evacuation and there's no emergency plan for cleanup of any chemicals that could be spilled in the area. Just from personal experience, I can tell you that when you come home late at

Transport committee  Hello, my name is Paul Gantous. I represent a small group of residents in Pointe St-Charles, which is in the centre-south district of Montreal. We live very close to the Alstom rail yards. My brief is pretty much in line with and very similar to the briefs you've already heard.