Mr. Chair, I agree wholeheartedly with Monsieur Berthold and Monsieur Barlow—Madame Brosseau is no longer part of the committee—that our role as members of the parliamentary committee on agriculture and agribusiness is an important one. We've all flown back here: the five members on the government side or the Liberal Party, and two of the opposition members. The other two couldn't make it. We all came back because this is a serious situation.
We're going to meet again on the 19th for four hours, and I believe that we have put pressure on the Minister of Transport and the Minister of Agriculture, because they have reacted. We'll see what occurs with the rail lines, but we'll see.... Our stakeholders, our farmers, have said, “You know what, committee members, let's act.” They've said that by the 15th they want a plan. They want to know how we're going to get rid of this backlog, and then, moving forward, how we're going to have a systemic, holistic approach to make sure this doesn't happen again.
It's a work in progress, a step forward, but we've done our part as a committee, and I think we have put pressure on the ministers. They've acted. We'll see in the next few days how the rail lines will react. I think the first reaction from CN has been positive, but time will tell. If they don't act accordingly, then I'm sure other things will occur. As a committee, we've done our work. Once again, I'd like to commend the two members from the floor who asked for this special committee meeting.
I think it's a work in progress.
I see that it's three o'clock, Mr. Chair, and I'm not sure if I can continue—