Richard Cannings at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On December 5th, 2024. See this statement in context.

December 5th, 2024 / 10 a.m.

NDP

Richard Cannings NDP South Okanagan—West Kootenay, BC

Thank you.

Thank you both for being here today.

I'm going to start with one question on crossings, and then I might expand things a bit.

Recently, the government spent a lot of money, a billion dollars or so, getting new trains for Via Rail to help speed up service along the corridor. Now CN is requiring Via Rail to slow its trains to 70 kilometres per hour at every crossing in the corridor. Does Transport Canada agree that this is a safety issue?

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