Thank you very much, Mr. Bouchard. Unfortunately, my French is not very good, so I am going to answer in English.
I'd like to be very clear that by no means am I suggesting we should nationalize the railways again--the short lines and the class 1 railways--because they are one of Canada's great success stories as far as productivity, investment in infrastructure, and innovation in rail are concerned. I want to be very clear on that.
I think they do an amazing job. There are always some trials and tribulations when you are moving so much freight per revenue tonne kilometre. However, I think they've been very responsive in working with Transport Canada and Industry Canada to make sure that productivity and Canadians' interests are at heart.
When referring to nationalized systems, I was recognizing that there are many international nationalized systems out there investing their own public dollars in their systems. I indicated that ,as Canadian railway suppliers, we need to be positioned in an economically viable way to pursue some of those contracts so that we remain an exporting nation.
It must be said that we have an excellent reputation and this is one of our competitive advantages, I guess. We have an excellent reputation internationally for top-quality products and after-market service. On rail, it is hard to skimp on price, because you get what you pay for, and we have excellent technology that we've developed right here in Canada.