Transport committee  CP has the same position. We have rail traffic control centres in Calgary and Montreal and no intention or plans to relocate them anywhere.

Transport committee  I echo that as well, Mr. Jean. The vision statement that our company has had for many years is “safest, most fluid”, and we believe very firmly that they move together in lockstep. Fewer derailments equals less interruption of service.

Transport committee  I'll just add that what Mr. Mackay is referring to is the work-rest rules. They do provide a framework for regulating work scheduling. What you can really only expect to manage is the schedule and the provision of time off. You can't regulate fatigue per se because you can't regu

Transport committee  Much as my colleagues have said, Mr. Trost, the culture of safety did not start with a review of the Railway Safety Act; it continued throughout it, and it will continue past this legislation. We've surveyed employees regularly over the course of time and over the course of the

Transport committee  I'll just add this. I was going to say much the same thing as Mr. Marginson. My president and CEO of Canadian Pacific would also take issue if I were to call myself the chief safety officer of CP. He believes that's him. Does the bill change my set of responsibilities? I don't t

Transport committee  Mr. Dhaliwal, we have employees involved in risk assessments as well. We ask them to fully assess risk and to do it in a robust fashion when they're looking at a change. We do it in a way that generates a substantial list of what risks might exist. Any lawyer who looks at it will

Transport committee  No, it's not a competitive issue at all.

Transport committee  When you speak of inspection, I'll highlight a couple of areas that the technology is really taking us forward on. First of all, for context, Canadian railways have a very enviable safety record in terms of train accident rates, internationally and when compared to the U.S. class

Transport committee  That's absolutely correct, as Mr. Mackay said. You have to keep in mind as well that a private crossing can sometimes be a very high-traffic crossing into a retail outlet or some other location that draws a great many people.

Transport committee  Our industry, Monsieur Gaudet, is one of the most capital-intensive industries. A much higher percentage of revenues earned are reinvested into maintaining the infrastructure because it's a private infrastructure. We at Canadian Pacific have an almost $1 billion capital program t

Transport committee  Mr. McCallum, the point you made hit the nail right on the head. The interpretation of it is left wide open. Certainly some would argue, and it's an extreme example, that the highest level of safety is attained by not moving a train. What we're really looking for is, first of al

Transport committee  I'll just echo very quickly what Mr. Miller said, Mr. McCallum, and that is the willingness to work within either system. I understand Transport Canada's objectives.They don't want to have to deal as often through the class 1 railways that are under federal jurisdiction to deal

Transport committee  I was just going to add, Mr. Watson, that the safety management system has a number of other components, including the requirement to involve employees, that I think facilitate a non-punitive reporting system within that regime. We want to encourage employees to identify hazards,

Transport committee  CP is also a supporter of Bill C-33, and behind the submission you received is simply a desire to improve it further.

Transport committee  First of all, I want to return to the point that Mr. Dhaliwal made about the questioning in his presence by employees of why he was present in a rail yard, and I'm going to relate this to the culture question as well. At Canadian Pacific, we've done a great deal of security awa