Transport committee  Absolutely.

Transport committee  In that respect, we've never been requested.... I don't know how I'd answer because I don't know how difficult it would be. Certainly any information makes things safer, but it's not something that has ever been requested from us.

Transport committee  That would ultimately be up to a court to decide, but where the trucking company is at fault, they are responsible. Most provinces have what is called pejoratively a “spills bill”, legislation which holds that you are required to pay the costs of cleanup. The concern we have is

Transport committee  Which comment do you mean?

Transport committee  Well, I've heard what they've said. They've said that the party that is negligent and at fault should be held responsible, but they don't always practise what they preach.

Transport committee  One of the things we need is legislation, such as the one that exists now in over 40 states in the U.S. where this is a state matter, not a national matter. Here, it is both provincial and federal. We need legislation that says that shippers cannot introduce freight contracts and

Transport committee  Yes. It's people trying to avoid their responsibilities. The trucking industry makes it clear, and always has: when we are at fault, we are responsible, and we face the penalties. That's the way it should be. That should be the case across the entire supply chain.

Transport committee  We don't think it's necessary. Again, the difference between truck and rail.... Most companies have them, but simply depositing a piece of paper somewhere doesn't mean a whole lot unless it has teeth. I think that's part of the problem you are seeing on the rail side. Historicall

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.