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Transport committee  I think there is an opportunity for that. I think we need to get into the education system as well so that rail safety awareness is taught at a very young age and reinforced. You know how most high schools have community program volunteers. We think rail safety awareness should b

April 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Jean Tierney

Transport committee  Through the Railway Association of Canada...however, I don't know if it's having the impact that you're talking about. I think there's more that can be done.

April 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Jean Tierney

Transport committee  The only one that we've been aware of is the Transport Canada grade-crossing improvement program. That's a way for a railway to bring to the attention of citizens in the various communities that there's money available to them if they close a crossing or do these improvements. Bu

April 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Jean Tierney

Transport committee  I had finished, if that's okay.

April 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Jean Tierney

Transport committee  I'm not aware, sorry.

April 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Jean Tierney

Transport committee  If I may, one of the things we do as part of the Canada Labour Code's occupational safety and health regulations is to have a joint national health and safety committee, so high-level union, high-level management.

April 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Jean Tierney

Transport committee  Correct. Absolutely. I'm going to get to that, if I may. We actually have two. One deals with the issues that are important to our Unifor colleagues, and one is important to our TCRC colleagues. Denis made reference that we're hosting our annual conference this week. Our unioni

April 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Jean Tierney

Transport committee  We do them annually—

April 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Jean Tierney

Transport committee  —and we debrief the results together, everybody in the room.

April 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Jean Tierney

Transport committee  Through the Railway Association of Canada we're monitoring that continuously. We're working more closely now with the FCM, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, a lot more strategically. They're helping to introduce regulations. Montreal was one of the first cities, I'm plea

April 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Jean Tierney

Transport committee  We see that every day. It's very distressing.

April 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Jean Tierney

Transport committee  It's never enough.

April 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Jean Tierney

Transport committee  Those are maintained to standard, though. Safety is not an issue in that sense. However, there are communities growing along the tracks. Every day new buildings are going up as well as new housing communities. It's a continuous challenge to stay on top of it. There's been a lot o

April 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Jean Tierney

Transport committee  It's partnerships.

April 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Jean Tierney

Transport committee  Yes. If I may say so, the Railway Association of Canada has been on the agenda of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to speak about rail safety awareness. At every opportunity, we're trying to get out there.

April 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Jean Tierney