House Transport Committee digs into Bill C-49

•The main provision on rail safety is one that will require railway companies to install inward-facing Locomotive Voice and Video Recorders (LVVR) in Canada. •If this technology works to prevent accidents, and if transportation investigators and experts are calling for its use to enhance safety, what’s left to debate?

Canada's federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau, pictured in this file photo on the Hill. The Hill Times file photograph

Opinion

BY MICHAEL BOURQUE

September 11, 2017

Before Parliament resumes next week, the House Transport Committee will return to Ottawa early to study Bill C-49, the Transportation Modernization Act, which includes provisions for rail service and safety. The main provision on rail safety is one that will require railway companies to install inw...

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