Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here today.
As a past processing tomato grower, I've had the chance to go to California many times. There's an expression that comes from that state: Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over. The province of Ontario has been around for a long time and addresses that, albeit from the opposite perspective—not access to water, as in California, but rather drainage of water. The Ontario Drainage Act is the oldest act in the province of Ontario. For a hundred years, both railways respected that act.
I'd like to begin with the OFA.
Mr. Spoelstra, why do you believe that over the last five years, both railways seem to be challenging an act they respected for over a hundred years? My municipality of Chatham-Kent has the most bridges, largely over drains. In the municipality of Perth East, CN is being sued. My municipality is suing CPKC. Why is that?