Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Transport. I wonder if he is aware that CN and CP are running trains now which are some 10,000 feet in length. Instead of the already long trains which they have been in the habit of running, which are 5,000 to 6,000 feet, we now have trains which are 153 to 160 cars in length. There is a great concern arising among the people who work on the trains and in communities across the country about these trains not being able to clear crossings in the time that trains used to clear crossings.
Would the Minister of Transport undertake to investigate this matter and report back to the House as to what his views are on it, unless he has views on it already?