Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank everybody for presenting to committee today.
I'd like to thank you, Mr. Aziz and Mr. Nicholson, for your presentations.
I'd like to start with National Steel Car Limited. I thought your presentation was very strong. For the last month we've been dealing with competitive issues in agriculture, looking at new innovation.
One of the things that consistently comes up from western Canadians, whether they're shippers, producers, manufacturers, or distributors, is always enhancements to the rail sector. The level of service review is certainly something that gets brought up fairly consistently as something we need to do.
But when we get talking about the innovation and the research side of the rail sector, they often are at a bit of a loss for things we can do, solid programs we could put forward to help out and enhance our rail sector, and the delivery from point A to point B. Helping to unclog the ports is one of the problems we have with grain in particular.
First, you're a Canadian-owned company. You have roughly 1,800 employees, you said?