After numerous and costly derailments with some resulting in deaths of employees on the New CN, the Canadian government surprisingly decided to have an investigation. The committee awarded the task is the; Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (TRAN)
From their site;
About this Committee
Mandate
The Committee’s mandate includes all areas covered by Transport Canada and Infrastructure Canada. It can study any aspect of the Department’s management and operation, as well as any legislation, programs or policy areas administered by the Minister of Transport Infrastructure and Communities. The portfolio mix of transportation, infrastructure and communities – combined after the 2006 election, is quite broad including:
• Transportation programs and policies set by the Government of Canada;
• Over $13 billion in contribution and transfer programs;
• A range of socio-economic, cultural and environmental issues facing Canadian cities and communities.
The Committee primarily considers legislation and issues of national importance related to these subjects. While many aspects of these portfolios are exclusively the responsibility of the provinces, e.g., highways, public transit and municipal infrastructure, the federal government may have a role where it is perceived that the national interest is at stake. For example, in addition to legislation, the Committee has issued reports on:
• Airport security
• Ports policy
• Inter-provincial trucking
• The National Highway System
• Airline mergers and
• Railway safety.
It’s the Railway Safety report that may interest a few. I hope that this report will not be censored by CN and their right-wing government cronies, and will bring about the return to a safe,secure and dignified working environment for the Canadian employees of the Canadian National Railways.
Read the eye opening evidence put forward here;
http://cmte.parl.gc.ca/cm