Transport committee  Yes, I'd like to thank the committee, and I'd like to invite the committee to go on a field trip to the Squamish and Lillooet subdivision of the former BC Rail to appreciate the terrain and the geography conditions. I can tell you that the former BC Rail had a comprehensive rock-

Transport committee  Sure.

Transport committee  That's correct. I grew up on railway bread and butter, a second-generation railroader.

Transport committee  The first thing that comes to mind is the CANALERT study of 1995, released in 1996. It was called CANALERT '95, and I believe it was implemented after the Hinton disaster. That's the only one I can think of, off the top of my head.

Transport committee  There was a National Research Council study done in 2003, based on a study done in 1995, I believe, comparing the former BC Rail to CN.

Transport committee  Oh, right. I see what you mean.

Transport committee  No, not off the top of my head.

Transport committee  No.

Transport committee  Further to what Don said, yes, the stress level has increased dramatically in the last 10 years. I mentioned briefly post-traumatic stress disorder. We deal with so many close calls on the railway that sometimes it just takes a minor incident; it's like the straw that breaks the

Transport committee  We see Transport Canada after the fact. It's exactly what Don said earlier; Transport Canada seems to have no teeth. To address the issue of American ownership, we feel they have very little respect for Canadian law, Canadian culture, Canadian collective agreements. As a matter

Transport committee  Absolutely not.

Transport committee  First of all, yes, the standards are a little less than they seem to be. A guy who inspects or works on a boxcar is called a car mechanic or a car man, and a CCI is a certified car inspection. For quite a while at the former BC Rail we had cars that were going between the Gibra

Transport committee  Certainly. Understood. Thank you, sir. Another problem with the railroad is post-traumatic stress syndrome. I can give you some examples, but maybe we can get into those later. I have to tell you that I'm from the former BC Rail. Since CN has taken over the operations of the fo

Transport committee  Thank you, Don. Good afternoon, and thank you for the invitation. My name is John Holliday. I've worked on the railway part-time since I was 15 years old and full-time since I was 18 years old. I've been in train service for 26 years. My father worked for the Pacific Great East