Mr. Cotler, I think that while you have used the phrase ``human security,'' it seems to me human security is collective security versus individual security and the need to be protected from an overarching activity from the state that may or may not be appropriate.

My concern is that in this fear to make everybody working in the security process federal employees, we're going to accept something far less than we need.

Dr. Fleming raised one valuable tool, which is surveying the safety perceptions of employees as one of a number of different tools to assist in evaluating safety culture.

‘common Union standards’ means the application of operational measures in a common and unfragmented manner to obtain a high and uniform level of security in the field of border control and visas in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council , Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council , Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council , Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004, Regulation (EC) No 1931/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council , the Schengen catalogue for external border control, the Practical Handbook f ...[+++]or border guards, the Handbook on visas, the Eurosur Handbook and any other Regulations and guidelines to be adopted at the Union level on border control and visas.

We need a drastic improvement in the way CN operates, the way it treats its workers and the way it treats the safety of Canadians on either of these rail lines, because the situation cannot go on as it is, and this bill exacerbates it.

We must also salute the work of all Quebec civil emergency personnel, the Armed Forces members from Quebec and Canada as well as the Red Cross personnel, the fire and police services from the various municipalities, the Sûreté du Québec and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.