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Transport committee I'll speak to my expertise from a safety perspective. From a safety perspective, we monitor and work closely with all infrastructure owners to make sure there's a proper level of safety for us to operate passenger trains on. We did so towards the Gaspé region, and we did that on Vancouver Island.
April 18th, 2016Committee meeting
Marc Beaulieu
Transport committee That would vary from railway to railway, so it would depend on who owns the rail infrastructure, whether it be governmental or private. In the case of Gaspé, it's owned by the provincial government. In British Columbia, it is owned by a group of communities, so I can't speak on their behalf.
April 18th, 2016Committee meeting
Marc Beaulieu
Transport committee The schedules, naturally, will vary, depending on the region in which we operate. For our high-speed corridor between Quebec City and Windsor, the schedules for a trip would be between three and six hours. They get a rest period between that and their next assignment, so the hours are not long.
April 18th, 2016Committee meeting
Marc Beaulieu
Transport committee Is that directed to VIA Rail?
April 18th, 2016Committee meeting
Marc Beaulieu
Transport committee With proactive measures, we monitor and measure the performance of our locomotive engineers thousands of hours a month. We monitor every train speed, every day, with our PSI system that monitors all of our high-speed corridor trains. We measure speed every day. Our performance compliance and rules monitoring system results are at 99.8%.
April 18th, 2016Committee meeting
Marc Beaulieu
Transport committee Sure.
April 18th, 2016Committee meeting
Marc Beaulieu
Transport committee Very good.
April 18th, 2016Committee meeting
Marc Beaulieu
Transport committee Well, I'd like to say prior to closing that safety is incredibly important to us. I will leave it to the question period to make other statements.
April 18th, 2016Committee meeting
Marc Beaulieu
Transport committee Yes, I would, Madam Chair. Thank you. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, members of the committee. My name is Marc Beaulieu. I'm the chief transportation and safety officer for VIA Rail Canada. I'm delighted to appear before you today, joined by my colleague, director of government and community relations, Jacques Fauteux.
April 18th, 2016Committee meeting
Marc Beaulieu