Evidence of meeting #7 for Transport, Infrastructure and Communities in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was track.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Bloc
Director General, Rail Safety, Department of Transport
Yes, because that requires special training. You have to begin by working as a track inspector, which means you acquire all kinds of knowledge. Then, you need extra training to learn how to operate this car.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Merv Tweed
Thank you, everyone.
I thank you for attending today. If there are no other questions, I just have one before we leave.
When you talk about crossings, do you get complaints about individual crossings? Does it come to your hands, or is it done through an agency? For example, I have a terrible crossing on highways 1 and 5. What's the process to lodge a complaint and try to get some crossing arms or some sort of signal there?
Assistant Deputy Minister, Safety and Security, Department of Transport
Normally, you'd start with the railway company. There's an agreement between the company and the municipality. The company will submit to us a request for contribution for that specific crossing, which sets out the sharing of costs between the municipality, the railway company, and Transport Canada.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Merv Tweed
Okay. That's where we'll start. Thank you very much.
I thank you for being here. We're just going to take a brief recess for one minute and go in camera to discuss the preparation of the draft and also Thursday's business.
I'm going to ask everyone here who's not involved with this committee to just make their way to the door, and we'll get right at it.
[Proceedings continue in camera]
