Matthew Kellway at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

On April 30th, 2015. See this statement in context.

April 30th, 2015 / 3:50 p.m.

NDP

Matthew Kellway NDP Beaches—East York, ON

I'd like to dig into this a little further.

I don't know about Essex, and that is the kind of case in point, but the broader position laid out in the testimony was that not all short lines are the same.

I'm wondering if the regulatory authority you're referring to would allow for a finer gradation of short lines, for example. The point that Essex made was that they never go above, whatever it was, 10 kilometres an hour, or something like that.

Does the regulatory authority allow for distinctions at some point in time between different short lines? Could a new category of short line be created with different liability and insurance burdens?

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