Thank you.
Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and members of the committee, for the invitation to appear before you today.
Our colleague and newly appointed CEO Jean-Jacques Ruest has asked Michael Cory and me to be here to talk about CN and our current challenges in western Canada when it comes to moving the grain.
My colleague Michael Cory is the Chief Operating Officer at CN, and he runs a railway across North America. Mike is a Winnipeg native. He joined the railway 37 years ago, so he's seen a lot of winters across those 37 years at CN. He ran the western operations for many years and is extremely knowledgeable about the challenges of moving grain. Mike will deliver the balance of our statement.
I will of course be very pleased to answer your questions when the time comes.
Mike, the floor is yours.