Transport committee  Could I make one more comment, Mr. Chair?

Transport committee  We'd like to offer an invitation to our facilities. We have a very large terminal in Montreal. We have the largest terminal in our system in Toronto. If any of the committee members or any of the concerned parties here would like to come out and visit and tour those facilities, w

Transport committee  Let me comment on that. We understand that the committee invited Mr. Rhodes to testify as to his experience, and we respect the committee's desire to obtain his perspective. Certainly, we have no intention...he will not be disciplined for appearing before this committee.

Transport committee  That's correct.

Transport committee  First and foremost, the Quebec City bridge is inspected by certified engineers. The maintenance of the bridge and the painting of the bridge--the aesthetics of the bridge--are two separate issues. This company, when we were privatized, had an obligation to contribute to painting

Transport committee  No, that's not a correct statement. When it comes to our testing and our rail track testing, or our ultrasonic testing, the fact is you could test 10 times as much as we test and in fact you would never catch every defect that could potentially lead to a derailment or an accident

Transport committee  No, it's certainly not proprietary, but for me to able to tell you that, I'd have to go back to the data. I can tell you factually that we have disciplined managers and we have disciplined craft employees. All employees all held to the same standards, whether they're a manager or

Transport committee  It's first.

Transport committee  I have a rule book with me, yes.

Transport committee  Absolutely.

Transport committee  Let me elaborate a bit. First and foremost, let's go back to the question, do we consider and take into account severe winter weather? We have processes in place that effectively do that. When we have extreme winter weather, when we drop below certain temperatures, especially

Transport committee  I acknowledge that the perception is certainly there that we've broken trust with Canadians.

Transport committee  Are you speaking about injuries and not derailments?

Transport committee  The key difference in reportability between FRA regulations and Canadian regulations is that when it comes to injuries, the FRA is much more stringent to a point. In the FRA, for instance, if an employee chips a tooth at work, because it's technically a broken bone it is a repo

Transport committee  There is a huge difference. Let me go back quickly, while we have time, to address the issue of the ministerial order that we appealed. As I understand it, the reason we appealed that order was more for CN to be able to contact the appropriate agencies in Transport Canada to ge