Transport committee  We certainly understand your concerns, and we will take the request under advisement and keep the speed at 20 miles an hour until such time as the report is made public.

Transport committee  So the question is whether we are prepared to allow the speed to stay at 40 miles an hour until we get the findings from the TSB report. That's certainly something we can take under advisement. First and foremost, we feel strongly that speed had nothing to do with that derailment.

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We appreciate the opportunity to meet with your committee today. We apologize that we were not able to meet with the committee sooner, but we trust you understand the challenges that a recent strike put on our operations. I want to start by stating that safety is extremely important to us at CN.