Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. No, I do not believe that is the case as it stands now. I know amendments have been made. Currently there are work/rest rules in place that have been amended, but they will not totally come into force for another two years, I believe. As it stands now, trai

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Kram, for the opportunity to speak to it. It is so simple it's almost laughable. What happens when that train stops and is occupying the Ring Road and all of those other crossings that we're talking about is that a series of about four manual hand-operated switche

Transport committee  I presented the solution to our local management and the superintendent, the general manager of the division, and it was agreed upon. We operate on a bulletin. An information bulletin would be released saying how we're going to operate through that territory. That has yet to happ

Transport committee  For CP Rail.

Transport committee  The Teamsters' biggest concern has always been fatigue. As I mentioned earlier, the inaccuracies of train lineups are one of the greatest causes of rail fatigue. As I alluded to earlier, many are faced with a decision to go to work tired, which is heavily influenced by fear of re

Transport committee  Okay. I received a phone call from tech support about the boom. Maybe it's not working if it's picking up the hardware microphone on the laptop. I'll just try to slow down. Fatigue in the railway is a major component of train incidents and personal injuries. The new proposed dut

Transport committee  I think it's nearly impossible to comply with the five-minute rule. For the switching operations, there is room for improvement on that. Train design can be looked at with respect to where the traffic that needs to be switched is in regard to the location on the train. If it's on

Transport committee  I apologize. I had some issues with the microphone. I heard “fatigue management plan” and a question about what has been done.

Transport committee  It's about addressing fatigue in the workplace. As a locomotive engineer, I am constantly fatigued. I tell people that my life consists of a series of naps. The unscheduled lifestyle that we live and the regular train lineups that are erratic and make it hard to decipher when I

Transport committee  From my own experience, what we've seen in regulatory practice recently as a result of Lac-Mégantic is a reduction in speeds in CMA limits, in highly populated areas. That alone will not fix the problem. If we're going to continue to transport oil by rail, which I think can be sa

Transport committee  Good afternoon. Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the opportunity to appear before the committee today. My name is Chad McPherson, and I represent the legislative position of the Teamsters Rail Conference Canada in our local division 510 of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, which also encompas