Transport committee  One of the factors with maintaining rail in Canada is that we run huge freight trains, and probably the weight of the trains would have more of an effect. The high-speed trains are fast, but they're not heavy. Where you get more damage to the rail and what makes it more difficult

Transport committee  Well, yes, I have discussed that subject, but only with my American counterparts. Actually, I'm going to Europe later this year. But I do understand, because of our population. The Americans look as if they're going to get into high-speed rail fairly soon, and in a big way. Again

Transport committee  From the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, I'd like to thank the committee for the opportunity to express our views on high-speed rail transportation in Canada. The TCRC is a branch of Teamsters Canada that represents 12,000 running trades employees in Canada, including locomot

Transport committee  That's a pretty difficult question. There are a lot of systems built. We keep hearing about the 18 hours, and certainly it is out there. There's no doubt about it, but I think if you took the reality of it, it's not being abused. Although it's in the mandatory rest rules, the gu

Transport committee  That was mine.

Transport committee  I'll be very brief. For once I think CN has done it right. It has assigned a vice-president to safety. I try to work with the safety management system, and I think this is one area in which there needs to be more focus, and actually that even includes at VIA. At VIA Rail, CN an

Transport committee  To answer, I'd like to touch on the culture of fear, too. I think I can put it in a perspective that we can all understand. I'll be very specific. Before I came, about a week ago, I was putting together the brief, and I called our general chairmen. They're the ones who look after

Transport committee  First of all, I'd like to thank the committee for having us here this morning to hear our views. I'd like to make an apology for our president, Mr. Dan Shewchuk, who wanted to be here, but it was impossible. In the interests of saving time, I'm simply going to summarize our br