Mike Sullivan at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

On April 28th, 2015. See this statement in context.

April 28th, 2015 / 5:10 p.m.

NDP

Mike Sullivan NDP York South—Weston, ON

Mr. Ballantyne, you suggested that these collisions are a rarity. Perhaps in dense urban areas they are rarities, but in fact with spills in Aliceville, Casselton, and in West Virginia, and in Gogama, and in Saskatchewan, there has been a 50-fold increase since 2012 in the amount of crude oil that has spilled as a result of these incidents.

Mr. Ballantyne, would you agree with me that it's no longer a rarity, given the volume of crude oil that is now being transported, and the volatility of the oil that's being transported?

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