Change in transit rules irks Gatineau officials

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Gatineau transit officials are asking federal Transport Minister John Baird to reconsider his decision to impose commercial driving rules on federally regulated municipal transit drivers, but they aren't anticipating success.

Citing safety issues, Baird this week ended an exemption from the rules and gave the transit companies six months to comply.

Céline Gauthier, head of public affairs at the Société

de transport de l'Outaouais, Gatineau's transit company, said "safety has never been a problem." She said the new restrictions will mean the company has to hire 15 more drivers at a cost of about $1 million per year -- a 4.5-per-cent increase in the number of STO drivers.

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How oblivious relating to the safety of the general public can Celine Gauthier possibly be.

And to think I used to know a person who boasted that he went boating dozens of times without a life jacket.

Unfortunately after drowning he is no longer around to substantiate his claims.