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General Inquiries

The Rail Safety Directorate is responsible for the development and enforcement of regulations, rules, standards and procedures governing safe railway operations in Canada under the Railway Safety Act. As well, it administers federal funding programs designed to improve the safety of highway/railway grade crossings.

For general inquiries:

Email: RailSafety@tc.gc.ca
Phone: 613-998-2985
Fax: 613-990-7767

Mailing Address:

Transport Canada
Rail Safety Branch
Mailstop: ASR
427 Laurier Street West,
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0N5

Rail Safety's Organization View

The Directorate comprises of the following branches:

• Director General's Office
• Secretariat
• Program Management
• Regulatory Affairs
• Operations Management

Director General's Office

• Luc Bourdon, Director General
  613-998-2984, luc.bourdon@tc.gc.ca
• Line Parent, Executive Assistant
  613-990-7744, line.parent@tc.gc.ca
• Dave Iezzi, Director of Transition
  613-991-6777, david.iezzi@tc.gc.ca
• Marie-Josée Goulet, Project Manager, Grade Crossing Regulations
  613-990-5769, marie-josee.goulet@tc.gc.ca
• Julie Paquette, Advisor, Stakeholder Consultations and Liaison, Grade Crossings Regulation, 613-949-6600, julie.paquette@tc.gc.ca
• Ryan Phillips, Project Officer, Grade Crossings Regulation
  613-949-0594, ryan.phillips@tc.gc.ca
• Christine Piché, Administrative Officer, Stakeholder Consultations and Liaison, Grade Crossings Regulation, 613-990-7746, christine.piche@tc.gc.ca
• Ola Oyelowo, Project Officer, Grade Crossings Regulation
  416-973-5528, ola.oyelowo@tc.gc.ca

Secretariat

The Rail Safety Secretariat Branch is responsible for keeping employees, the public and industry stakeholders informed of Rail Safety programs, priorities and initiatives. The Secretariat is accountable for a comprehensive program that provides a focal point for stakeholder consultations and liaison, as well as strategic internal and external communications, web development and issues management.

Staff - Secretariat

• Carla White-Taylor, Director, Rail Safety Secretariat
  613-998-3434, carla.white-taylor@tc.gc.ca
• Jean-François Poulin, Administrative Assistant
  613-990-7743, jean-francois.poulin@tc.gc.ca
• Tony Roy, French Writer, Editor
  613-949-9438, tony.roy@tc.gc.ca
• Krystal McColgan, Consultation and Liaison Officer
  613-990-4510, krystal.mccolgan@tc.gc.ca

Program Management

To provide the Rail Safety Program with professional advice and guidance, enabling tools and training and resource management services in support of decision making and performance management.

• Karen Swol, Director
  613-990-5631, karen.swol@tc.gc.ca
• Amanda Dériger, Administrative Assistant
  613-990-7095, amanda.dériger@tc.gc.ca
• Francine Charron, Manager, HR Planning and Training
  613-993-7030, francine.charron@tc.gc.ca 
• Carl Choinière, Project Leader, Training & Development
  613-990-4513, carl.choniere@tc.gc.ca
• Louise Eburne, HR Planning and Training Assistant
  613-990-7130, louise.eburne@tc.gc.ca
• Andrea Hicks, Chief, Quality & Performance Management
  613-991-1569, andrea.hicks@tc.gc.ca
• Michael O’Keefe, Chief, Business Planning and Financial Management
  613-991-6004, michael.okeefe@tc.gc.ca
• Mary Callahan Bishop, Head, Resource Management
  613-990-0198, mary.callahanbishop@tc.gc.ca
• Wendy Vanasse, HR and Financial Management Assistant
  613-949-0607, wendy.vanasse@tc.gc.ca
• Ashley Pilon, Crossing Contributions Officer
  613-990-9128, ashley.pilon@tc.gc.ca
• Daniel Mayer, HR and Financial Management Assistant
  613-990-9259, daniel.mayer@tc.gc.ca
• Tom Kennedy, Chief, Rail Safety Applications Management
  613-990-7036, tom.kennedy@tc.gc.ca
• Shu Zi Yang, Programmer
  613-990-4751, shuzi.yang@tc.gc.ca
• Jane Xia, Programmer/Analyst
  613-998-9308, jinzhi.xia@tc.gc.ca

Regulatory Affairs

To provide the Rail Safety Program and stakeholders with the appropriate regulatory framework aimed at ensuring a safe and viable rail industry.

• Susan Archer, Director
  613-990-8690, susan.archer@tc.gc.ca
• Josée Labrèche, Administrative Assistant
  613-993-8228, josee.labreche@tc.gc.ca
• Bernard Parent, Chief, Legislative Issues and Harmonization Strategies
  613-998-1926, bernard.parent@tc.gc.ca
• Vidalia Velho, Senior Advisor, Rail/TSB Issues
  613-949-0811, vidalia.velho@tc.gc.ca 
• Jessica Ryan, Harmonization and Legal Liaison Officer
  613-993-7017, jessica.ryan@tc.gc.ca
• Jean Christian Charette, Regulatory Clerk
  613-991-5750, jean-christian.charette@tc.gc.ca
• Suzanne Madaire-Poisson, Chief, Policy and Regulatory Affairs
  613-949-3817, suzanne.madaire-poisson@tc.gc.ca
• Gwen Grife, Regulatory Project Officer
  613-990-7749, gwen.grife@tc.gc.ca
• Lionel King, Regulatory Development Officer
  613-949-2975, lionel.king@tc.gc.ca
• Robin Emard, Regulatory Project Officer
  613-990-1883, robin.emard@tc.gc.ca

Operations Management

To design and develop a risk-based, national and integrated Rail Safety oversight program and to provide technical and operational expertise and functional direction in support of consistent program delivery and an effective regulatory regime for industry and other stakeholders.

• Walter Carlson, Director
  613-990-7745, walter.carlson@tc.gc.ca
• Danièle Provost, Administrative Assistant
  613-990-7466, daniele.provost@tc.gc.ca
• Rachel Lui, Manager, Program Integration
  613-993-1756, rachel.lui@tc.gc.ca
• Vinca Dufresne, Program Integration Officer
  613-990-5466, vinca.dufresne@tc.gc.ca
• Barbara O'Connor-Smith, Program Integration Officer
  613-991-1169, barbara.oconnor-smith@tc.gc.ca
• Jennifer Attack, Senior advisor, Public Education and Awareness
  613-990-1684, jennifer.attack@tc.gc.ca
• Lilianne Martel, Special Projects Officer
  613-949-8181, lilianne.martel@tc.gc.ca
• Claude Allard, Chief, Audit, Enforcement and Risk Evaluation
  613-949-2379, greg.guitard@tc.gc.ca
• Line Duquay, Certification and SMS Officer
  613-991-1257, line.duquay@tc.gc.ca
• Boris Polianski, Safety Oversight and Audit Officer
  613-991-1884, boris.polianski@tc.gc.ca
• Beata Hart, Safety Oversight and Audit Officer
  613-949-0589, beata.hart@tc.gc.ca
• Karole Bourgon-Hill, Advisor, Analysis, Trends and Risk Assessments
  613-998-3424, karole.bourgon-hill@tc.gc.ca
• Paul Lepage, A/Chief, Equipment
  613-990-3696, paul.lepage@tc.gc.ca
• Ken DeJean, Senior Advisor, Equipment
  613-990-9777, ken.dejean@tc.gc.ca
• John Walter, Senior Advisor, Equipment
  613-990-9258, john.walter@tc.gc.ca
• Mike Taylor, Senior Advisor, Equipment
  613-990-4517, michael.taylor@tc.gc.ca
• Bryan Dreika, Chief Railway Operations
  613-990-7740, bryan.dreika@tc.gc.ca
• Cary Campbell, Senior Advisor, Operations
  613-990-8691, cary.campbell@tc.gc.ca
• Pierre Lefort, Senior Advisor, Operations
  613-990-3697, pierre.lefort@tc.gc.ca
• Derek Simenac, Senior Advisor, Operations
  613-990-4512, derek.simenac@tc.gc.ca
• Marie-José Goulet, Chief Engineer, Rail Safety Operations
  613-990-5769, marie-josee.goulet@tc.gc.ca
• Phil Poichuk, Senior Crossing Engineer
  613-990-7498, phil.poichuk@tc.gc.ca
• Doug Bowron, Senior Crossing Engineer
  613-991-1266, doug.bowron@tc.gc.ca
• Jay Rieger, Senior Crossing Engineer
  613-990-7135, jay.rieger@tc.gc.ca
• Daniel Lafontaine, Chief Engineer, Infrastructure
  613-990-4515, daniel.lafontaine@tc.gc.ca
• Kamran Khanzada, Senior Engineer, Tracks & Infrastructure
  613-991-6716, kamran.khanzada@tc.gc.ca
• Eugène Bolduc, Senior Engineer, Tracks
  613-990-7154. eugene.bolduc@tc.gc.ca
• Josée Bergeron, Senior Engineer, Tracks
  514-283-6926, josee.bergeron@tc.gc.ca
• Luc Massé, Chief, Signals and Communications
  613-990-7357, luc.masse@tc.gc.ca
• John Valencik, Senior Advisor, Signal Systems
  613-991-1739, john.valencik@tc.gc.ca

Date modified:

2012-08-31

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