Transport committee  I wanted to come back to the issue of the DOT‑111 tank cars, which I studied a little bit. It's true that they haven't been carrying oil for a few years, but they still carry sulfuric acid, which is much more dangerous than oil and can create a toxic cloud like the one in Bhopal.

Transport committee  The industry may well have its version of the facts and its arguments, but I'm talking about the report by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, TSB, which confirms that there has been a 42% increase in the number of accidents in the past 10 years. It's not me saying it, it'

Transport committee  For the people of Lac‑Mégantic, it really feels like a slap in the face. They experienced one of the worst tragedies and nothing has really changed. What the Auditor General is telling us, and she confirms it in her latest report, is that the incident in Lac‑Mégantic could happen

Transport committee  As Mr. Campbell kind of demonstrated, neither method is safe. It's 2021 and we still have single-walled pipelines. When there's a crack, we get a spill into a natural environment. Sometimes it explodes, while other times it burns. Both methods are not safe. Safety measures need

Transport committee  In summer 2019, we attended a hearing of the Bureau d'audiences publiques sur l'environnement, BAPE. We requested access to content information from Central Maine & Quebec Railway, but unfortunately it was confidential. However, thanks to the placards, you can easily see the

Transport committee  The coalition consulted with a longtime engineer, and from what he confirmed, at this time, there's no way that the bypass will be built and operational by 2023. The land has not even been acquired; the whole Canadian Transportation Agency evaluation process is not even done, t

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Barsalou‑Duval. First, these are CP trains, not CN trains. I'll forgive you, since both of these major Canadian companies are involved in this issue. No, in our opinion, it isn't normal to see a series of 30 tanks of propane gas, sulfuric acid, sodium chlorate an

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Berthold. Indeed, the people living in Lac‑Mégantic find it very difficult to have to wait until 2023. Imagine that: 10 years after the tragedy, they hear the trains passing day and night. Personally, this wakes me up often at night. A train passes at 2 a.m. and a

Transport committee  May I finish?

Transport committee  Okay. In conclusion, our rails are maintained as they were 20 years ago, with a rail management system. Today, much longer, heavier and faster trains are running on the rails. This leads to the premature wear of the rails, resulting in constant derailments. The seven derailments

Transport committee  Thank you.

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank the committee members. I want to acknowledge Luc Berthold, the member of Parliament for our constituency, Mégantic—L'Érable, in the House of Commons. My name is Robert Bellefleur. I'm the spokesperson for the Coalition des citoyens et orga