André Arthur at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On October 5th, 2006. See this statement in context.

October 5th, 2006 / 4:25 p.m.

Independent

André Arthur Independent Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, QC

Mr. Fisher, a few years ago the Canadian government and VIA Rail decided to buy totally finished British railroad cars and rebuild them for a cost of nearly $1 million each.

Do you have any notion of how much this disaster cost your image and the image of Canadian railways?

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