Transport committee  Given what has happened with the people of Charny, as Mr. Lemaire described earlier, we feel that regulations should be sufficiently restrictive to force corporations to comply with certain rules. After that, a case study could be done. Perhaps negotiations could be done locally.

Transport committee  If the Canadian Transportation Agency, which will probably have jurisdiction, is given enough authority, that will be an excellent start. In fact, there needs to be a legal framework, a regulatory framework so that people work together to establish the requirements and the object

Transport committee  In our area, we have a ship yard, an airport, and facilities that generate noise. We have been successful in reaching an agreement and negotiating with them. By setting up committees, citizens have successfully reached agreement and achieved a kind of social consensus so that the

Transport committee  I am not familiar with the situation in Langley, Mr. McGuinty. However, can we really deprive the public of emergency, ambulance and fire services because a train is very long? We have to proceed on a case-by-case basis. There may be urban planning considerations, or changes mig

Transport committee  I mentioned in my presentation that the City of Lévis, in 2000, had commissioned a study on noise levels to be done by an engineering firm that specialized in this field. The report contains data expressed in decibel levels, in urban areas as well as other measurements. We would

Transport committee  Here is how I see it. Although we have no accurate data, it would seem that air traffic operates within a more disciplined environment, with less disruption to the lives of the neighbouring communities. Take Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau Airport, for example. People living near the air

Transport committee  We would have to make sure that this power is constitutional, because railway companies come under federal jurisdiction. So we would have to ensure that the municipalities have this power and that, since these companies are subject to a federal charter, they also have basic feder

Transport committee  Since my knowledge of English is limited, I will speak to you in French. To the Chair of the Standing Committee on Transport, first we want to thank the members of the committee for allowing us to speak about our experience with noise generated by the Joffre switching yard in C