Transport committee  No. I'd like to ask Mr. Bantle about that because he's in the business, but I know they don't see that as an opportunity. Rod, would you like to comment?

Transport committee  No, we predominate in the short distance small shipment of all goods. The railways predominate in long-distance bulk heavy shipments. We're in different businesses.

Transport committee  That would be gasoline, fuel oil, propane, those sorts of things.

Transport committee  We haven't actually discussed that question. I don't know how you would be able to do that efficiently when you consider that if you have a tanker of gasoline, you're going to your local gas station every day. The municipalities have never approached us to ask for this informa

Transport committee  Well, it really depends on which dangerous goods you're talking about. If it's crude oil, again, we're not involved in the long-distance shipment of that, so no, we've not seen that kind of growth. There are companies like Mr. Bantle's which specialize in that, but if you look

Transport committee  First, I need to explain what the electronic log is intended to do. Accidents are caused by a chain of events, but human error is a predominant factor. When a human being is fatigued, the risk becomes greater, so the hours-of-service regulations in Canada were developed from a

Transport committee  Thank you, Chairman and members of the committee. On behalf of our industry, I'd also like to extend our thoughts to all of you for the tragic events of last week, but as always, Canadians do rally together. We did send a detailed submission earlier this year. I'm sure you've al

Transport committee  That's right.

Transport committee  I've become conditioned over the last 25 years to continue to try to move that stone up the mountain, and it's frustrating. Looking at the electronic on-board recorders and electronic stability devices—which I wish we had talked more about today, in terms of our relation to the p

Transport committee  It's the law in Canada now, at least in Ontario west. Does biodiesel have potential? Perhaps, if there were regulated quality standards so that we could rely on the fuel and if we had assurances that it wasn't going to impair our warranties, which right now are only to B5. Unde

Transport committee  We're not far from the hybrid electrics now. Class 6 and 7 trucks are pretty much there; the class 8s will come.

Transport committee  Well, class 8 is your big, heavy tractor-trailer. As you go down classes, it's a weight class, so they're the smaller trucks.

Transport committee  We have more than 4,500.

Transport committee  It's remained more or less steady. People who belong to trade associations or companies tend to be a little better at running their businesses than those who don't. The industry has seen a lot of capacity leave the marketplace through business failure and, in the last year, throu

Transport committee  There are a few more of those these days too.