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  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  That's right.

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  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  The enforcement for shippers rests with Transport Canada. I don't know the level to which they are conducting, for example, facility audits of shipper operations to ensure they are in compliance with the law. Most of the enforcement, which is conducted by provincial enforcement o

Transport committee  The issue of shipper responsibility in general has been a topic of conversation ever since the national safety code for trucks was introduced in 1988.

Transport committee  Virtually all crude oil is touched by truck, but not long distance over the road to refineries. It's from the well to either the pipeline or the transfer station. These are short distances, rural shipments. That's where the trucks are involved. That's where Mr. Bantle's company

Transport committee  I'm sorry?

Transport committee  No, we're not prohibited. It just makes no economic sense for us to do that.

Transport committee  It won't ever make any economic sense.

Transport committee  We're one tanker car. We can't compete with a train that will have 120 tanker cars. The economics just won't work.

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.