Thank you, Mr. Blaney.
First of all, I have some information about VIA Rail Canada but, for more detailed information, I feel that you might need to ask VIA Rail Canada directly.
The estimates amount presented in the 2016-17 main estimates total, as you noted, is $382.8 million. This does include an amount of $239.5 million for an operating deficit at VIA Rail.
It's my understanding that passenger rail traffic in Canada, the passenger rail business, continues to be challenging from a cost-recovery perspective for VIA. The only corridors that come close to recovering costs, let alone generating revenue, are the Ottawa-Toronto and the Toronto-Montreal corridors. VIA loses money on every other rider across the country.
It is in that context of weak revenue and fixed costs that VIA Rail is incurring an operational deficit.