Transport committee  Why would we have it grandfathered?

Transport committee  Personally, I'm just not convinced that the time and effort that would have to go into an issuance of a railway operating certificate to every short-line railway, plus the two larger ones, would be a productive use of Transport Canada's resources.

Transport committee  I'm sorry, I....

Transport committee  To the best of our knowledge, there were not any Canadians who came to our attention and made public comments to that effect. I'd be pleased to take it up with you, though, to give you the specifics.

Transport committee  I've just been reminded, and I should have realized it, but the beauty of air travel is that air is air. Our problem in this country is in the geography as you go from one part of the country to another. Geography affects railway travel much more than it would air.

Transport committee  I think the effort has to be made with the officials of the Ministry of Finance. It's not the ministry so much; it's the officials. We have to get it through their heads that if we want to improve the system, and if the Canadian railway system is as important to the Canadian econ

Transport committee  I don't remember that many Canadians substantiated that, but I do note that Australia is bringing in national railway safety laws, and they make specific reference to the development and contents of safety management systems, to strengthened audit and enforcement powers.

Transport committee  We specifically used Air Transat because of an experience Tim had. I wasn't at that particular interview, but I think it would be instructive.

Transport committee  They do it under a memorandum of understanding with Transport Canada.

Transport committee  If I may suggest, Mr. Jean, the chart on page 12 is not as instructive as the chart on page 14, which separates them. The figures on page 12, total reported rail accidents, are helped by the fact that the railway crossing accidents had such a dramatic drop. So I think when you dr

Transport committee  Or they're being loaded, yes.

Transport committee  We also point out that at the same time they're going down. We were quite impressed with anybody handling a dangerous good who came before the committee and the efforts they have put into it. TransCARE is a system or a culture that has been developed in Canada and is taken arou

Transport committee  In my opinion, yes. How fast could we achieve it? That would be difficult.

Transport committee  I would argue that when you bring in new people, which the railway companies are doing now because of the demographics, you have a better chance to train them and see that they are skilled to operate what they're operating today, rather than taking an older workforce and retraini

Transport committee  On that last question, this is a personal observation. I was amazed when I read the TSB report on Lillooet, I think it was, or Cheakamus, one of the two. Which was the first?