Transport committee  I'm from the city of New Westminster. I do not believe we have existing evidence. I'm speaking perhaps out of ignorance. My predecessors, before my time, may very well have had that information; my sense, however, is that we do not. I think that is partially, as noted earlier, be

Transport committee  I'd be pleased to do so.

Transport committee  From the City of New Westminster, I think that would be our preferred approach.

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Julian. My response is that I think it would be a bit of both. I think during the daytime hours there could be a different standard from what there is in the evening hours, as far as rail operations go. I would draw a comparison to the Lower Mainland here, where t

Transport committee  The New Westminster Quay is a waterfront community on the Fraser River foreshore. It has a population of about 3,000 people in high-rise condominium properties. They back immediately onto a rail marshalling yard, and there is no stop to the complaints we receive from this neighbo

Transport committee  In my view, yes, they would continue.

Transport committee  I have numerous examples. One is that stationary engines, before being hooked up to rail cars, have been parked close to residential dwellings, with their engines running. Then, when they are hooked up to rail cars, they fire up the air lines, which is a noisy process. People in

Transport committee  I agree with the comments made by the witnesses from Quebec. In this community, we have three railways with marshalling yards. Without naming names, there is a wide variation in how the railway companies respond to complaints. One of the larger companies has a PR person who is qu

Transport committee  Thank you, Vice-Chair Bell. I am Jim Lowrie, here from New Westminster. I'm also accompanied by Mayor Wright, who has joined me and may wish to offer a few words.

Transport committee  With respect to proposed section 95.3, I think you meant proposed section 95.2--

Transport committee  --the area where the agency may make regulations or, pardon me, guidelines. It is our submission that the agency must. We believe that should be “must”, not “may”, and in our view the guidelines should be in the form of regulation, if that is at all possible. Yes, we do believ

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. My name is Jim Lowrie, and I am director of engineering at the City of New Westminster. My submission is on behalf of Mayor Wayne Wright, and we're pleased to make this submission today. Incidentally, Mayor Wright does invi