Transport committee  You now have maintenance of way people running it, which is problematic in a lot of ways. First of all, their standard of training isn't there. They're not anywhere near as qualified as I am. Second of all, when it comes to the culture of railroading, they're the least trained pe

Transport committee  That's for you guys to decide. You need to ask some tough questions with the superintendent of Prince George.

Transport committee  I appreciate that you people did this, because for me to come back out here would be very challenging. It's going to be challenging for me to go home. I can't even begin to explain to you how it feels. I hope that no one here ever has to go through what I go through. I have faith

Transport committee  There's what happened on the mountain just about two months ago. A boulder came down. It smashed the rail. It broke the rail, shattered ties, and moved the track over. The train came down, with no patrols. Because they don't have patrols on that mountain, the crew was bringing

Transport committee  Well, I can't say that Transport Canada would refuse. They're aware of some things, but it's.... I brought this incident up to Transport Canada, and that's how I found out it wasn't reportable. He says that under the Railway Act, they're not required to report it. That's the und

Transport committee  I would hate to say that, but it certainly could be looked into. In Lillooet right now there's a serious problem going on with this shuttle that we have. They got rid of our passenger service. We used to have what we called the “baby buggy”, a unit and one coach. I used to run i

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  I don't think the audits should be tied into the company and having them say it's okay to release them or not okay to release them. That's a fault in the Railway Act, and I was surprised when I read it. I understand they're involved, and it's greatly embarrassing to them, but the

Transport committee  I find that's true. There doesn't appear to be. If it wasn't true, accidents like the one I was in wouldn't have happened. I still don't understand. Those are questions that need to be asked. There are three questions to which I personally would like answers, but I've never had

Transport committee  There's one other thing I wanted to point out. CN is a big company, and B.C. Rail is a branch line. It's not a main line from their perspective. My experience with branch lines within CN is that they get all the junk.

Transport committee  Yes, I was aware that he announced that on December 14. I was thrilled; I was relieved. To me, that is something that is way overdue. It's needed big time. I don't know what other adjectives I can come up with. The reason I came here is because I did read the information on the

Transport committee  If I could pick three things to change to make the environment much safer, I would make the front line and the superintendents--all the head, top officials--accountable. I would make them certified. They would have to have a certification. You can't just be anybody to go and sit

Transport committee  Transport Canada needs more teeth. They need more teeth. I've talked to quite a few individuals who work for Transport Canada, and they are frustrated by the fact that they can't do anything. I used to work in the forest industry years ago. I used to be a forest technician. I w

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  That's right. It's not enough to just make sure that they are qualified. You've got to have some real teeth to the penalties so that they sit up and take notice, because $80,000 is nothing to them. Two million dollars is nothing to them. You guys should look into how much the