Thank you, and good evening to our special Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. This is meeting 35 and we are doing a study on high-speed rail in Canada.
I'll introduce people, and then I'll ask Mr. Kelly to present. He has to leave at 6:30, so I'd like him to make his presentation and we'll have a quick round of questions. Then we'll move to the rest of our guests. They can make their presentations, and then we'll follow with questions and answers, if that's agreeable.
With us today from EKOS Research Associates is Mr. Frank Graves, president. From the Cascadia Institute we have Mr. Charles Kelly, chairman. And from Alberta High-Speed Rail we have William Cruickshank and John Chaput. Welcome.
Mr. Kelly, please make a brief introduction. Then we'll go to questions and try to get you out of here at 6:30.