Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We'll call this meeting to order and get rolling.
Today we're going to continue our study on the hopper car fleet and railway performance as an overview of that.
With us today, from the Department of Transport, we have Kristine Burr, assistant deputy minister, policy group; Helena Borges, director general, special projects, policy group; and John Dobson, senior policy coordinator, grain monitoring, surface transportation policy. Welcome.
From Canadian National Railways, I understand Mr. Mongeau will be just a tad late. Claude Mongeau is executive vice-president and chief financial officer, and Paul Miller is vice-president, transportation services. From Canadian Pacific Railway, we have Judy Harrower, assistant vice-president, agri-business, and Jim Buggs, general manager, car management. Welcome, folks.
We'll start with roughly a ten-minute presentation, as we generally do. We'll start with the department, if you care to, then we'll move on to questions.