“We will not be railroaded by the railroad.”

October 26, 2007

OTTAWA – Today, MP Mr. Gary Goodyear (Cambridge, CPC) rose in the House of Commons: “Mr. Speaker, I wish to table a petition containing 1,159 signatures. These petitioners from across Canada but specifically my riding of Cambridge, North Dumfries and Oxford have raised serious concerns about Canadian Pacific Railway and its lack of civic, social and corporate responsibilities, as well as its refusal to cooperate and respect the communities it steamrolls through.

CP Rail is planning on constructing a bargain basement rail yard, which, in the opinion of all levels of government, fails to adequately protect the environment and threatens the current living conditions of many Canadians. CP is flaunting the fact that federal laws have little jurisdiction over them. We will not be railroaded by the railroad.

The petitioners ask that the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, the Minister of the Environment, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, the Minister of Public Safety, as well as the Minister of Health use their collective influence to immediately require Canadian Pacific Railway to appropriately protect the environment, show some respect for Canadians and start acting like good neighbours should.”