Transport committee  Certainly I can speak from the coal side of that business, and in particular, metallurgical coal from Australia. Absolutely Australia has rebuilt their facilities. Their intensity on a footprint is huge. On my 29 acres, the Australians would move 60 million tonnes of coal. In t

Transport committee  Partly from a port perspective, being engaged as a B.C. maritime operators member and looking at that infrastructure and when that money will be made available, it's not put to us as to what the priority is. It's put to us as, here's a dollar amount that we think we can afford to

Transport committee  We have a 40-year lease. We have owners with 100-year deposits. We're in this for the long term. We don't have to be short-term thinkers.

Transport committee  In particular, we've watched our landlord, the port, work through that process and viewed that through the lens of our current permitting to get projects done. The permit process we have is complex. We get a permit from the port, and then we have to go and get a permit from a reg

Transport committee  I don't know so much about our horizon as the opportunity. I was asked about the Second Narrows rail bridge and the tunnel. There is a twin opportunity for the federal government and terminals at the port: twin that bridge and twin that tunnel. It's a key risk in the supply cha

Transport committee  For the north shore.... You heard about the tunnel and the increased capacity from tunnel modernization, existing capacity construction that's ongoing, G3, Neptune, Fibreco on the north shore, as well as planned capacity by others. If 85% of that capacity is used, it will use 100

Transport committee  That comes with things, I think, along the lines of crewless locomotives. From a terminal link side, the engineering of bulk handling will meet the capacity needs and the footprint we have.

Transport committee  With specific reference to Bill C-69 and the potential to have CEAA be the regulator for environmental approval, we wouldn't have invested. If that had been the condition two years ago, we would not have made the $450-million investment, because there's no certainty in process. I

Transport committee  The north shore is the difference between Crowsnest Pass and Banff.

Transport committee  The north shore is everything that's on the other side of the Burrard Inlet from downtown. If you go over the Second Narrows Bridge and you go over the Lions Gate Bridge, you are on the north shore. Mr. Xotta talked to you this morning about a sulphur pile at the Lions Gate Bridg

Transport committee  The south shore, which you heard about from CP in great detail relative to rail line access and container terminals, that's the south shore.

Transport committee  Good morning. My name is Rob Booker, and I am Senior Vice-President of Operations with Neptune Bulk Terminals. Unlike Roger, this is my first time testifying anywhere, so I apologize if I am a little nervous this morning.

Transport committee  Why Rob Booker and why Neptune? I'll give two quick answers to that. I have my third career in front of me. All my years have been related to export: mining, a career in longshore as a unionized person, and finally in management and the development of port and terminal growth.