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From Last Spike to First in Class: Creativity, Collaboration, and Determination in the Pursuit of Leadership
I want to wish you a happy National Railway Day. As we all know, the choice of November 7 for this annual event was deliberate, since this is the date on which the...
Speeches | 2017-11-10
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Thank you for the invitation to appear before you.
The Canadian Transportation Agency is Canada’s longest-standing independent, expert regulator and tribunal. Established in 1904 as the Board of Railway Commissioners, its responsibilities and functions have evolved as...
Speeches | 2017-09-12
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It's a pleasure to be back in the Canadian city that, perhaps more than any other, is a nexus between Canada's national transportation system and the global trade that has become so critical to this country's long-term prosperity. The economic well-being of Canadians is...
Speeches | 2017-08-29
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Join me, if you will, in a brief trip across space and time, to some clearings in southeastern Turkey, western Iran, and the Levant about 11,000 years ago. That was when people first shifted from foraging to farming. As they made conscious efforts to plant and harvest...
Speeches | 2017-08-28
The Canadian Transportation Agency, which I lead, is an independent tribunal and regulator with responsibilities both for the economic regulation of the national transportation system and accessibility issues for people with disabilities. Under the proposed legislation which the government has...
Speeches | 2017-06-19
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Introduction
Everyone in this room, I'd venture, has at least two things in common: we've all flown in the last year, if not the last 48 hours, and we all have, or have had, or know someone who has a disability. So smooth, efficient, and accessible travel is not someone...
Speeches | 2017-06-09
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I'd like to start with a question: when you hear the word "regulator", what images spring to mind, what feelings emerge deep in your soul?
I'd like to imagine that the image is of a conscientious yet witty individual who looks quite young for their age, and the feelings are...
Speeches | 2017-05-18