John Williamson at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On February 28th, 2013. See this statement in context.

February 28th, 2013 / 11:55 a.m.

Conservative

John Williamson Conservative New Brunswick Southwest, NB

I even have that in my riding, a little boom in McAdam with the trains going through bringing in crude from the north to the Irving plant.

Are protocols being updated to deal with these oil shipments? I don't want to use the word “tanker,” because when I say tanker, I think big, I think huge. How are protocols being improved to ensure that if a spill were to happen, it would be adequately dealt with?

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