Transport committee  In the case of West Coast Express, we know there's demand for weekend service and for selective daily service, but we are not far enough advanced on what that actually might look like. Frankly, I said that I wasn't going to waste my time and my team's time--this is all hypothetic

Transport committee  My home backs onto a railway, so I'm living the nightmare, or the dream.

Transport committee  It's in Langley. So as a resident I see no need to restrict the activities of the railways regardless of what's on the track, whether it's freight movement, a coal train, potash, or the Rocky Mountain VIA Rail train. So as a citizen I'd say it's not appropriate. There's so much i

Transport committee  I'm not sure, but I think GO's example was similar to ours with the West Coast Express. What kind of modal shift can you actually get for the person with the choice of a car who's commuting around Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Winnipeg, or any centre? For the dollars you put in,

Transport committee  At this time, from our perspective, it's appropriate.

Transport committee  The only challenge I would add on noise is that you really have two types of individuals, particularly in urban centres. One type is where those who are building the new development--and each municipality is different. They sell the development, and it's sort of caveat emptor, le

Transport committee  It's our third attempt. It's been literally a cut-and-paste for each bill: C-26, C-44, and C-11.

Transport committee  As it relates to us, the only other one that was different goes back 20 years ago. It was Bill C-97, and many of the elements were the same—nothing structural. In fact, this is probably more comprehensive and appropriate.

Transport committee  This has literally been a cut-and-paste for each of the last three bills.

Transport committee  Yes, we're not here to increase our friction, that's for sure.

Transport committee  Perhaps I would just add that Gary used an important word: arbitration. Arbitrations are typically based on past precedents. We're fundamentally talking about a new relationship here commercially in how it should look. So you couldn't ever get there on arbitration with this kind

Transport committee  The only comments I might add would be that philosophically—and I think a lot of it is philosophically based—the taxpayer expects us to pursue value, and value can manifest itself in a whole bunch of different ways. We have suppliers. I not only run West Coast Express, I also r

Transport committee  I think the only comment I would make on this is that we are just looking to participate in the same type of acknowledgment of net book value of assets as all other CTA rulings are based on for other types or modes of travel. They're typically all based on the net book value of a

Transport committee  No. I know there can be others, but we think this is the most consistent application. I know there have been extensive reviews on replacement versus net book value of assets, and it consistently comes back to using net book value of assets each time. We are looking to follow that

Transport committee  I might add that I think if you look at a U.S. example on stand-alone costing, you could ask why that was put in place on a replacement cost basis. Well, it was at a time when the rail industry was severely struggling financially. I would suggest anything but that is the case h