Steven Blaney at the Official Languages Committee

On October 8th, 2009. See this statement in context.

October 8th, 2009 / 9 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Steven Blaney

Good morning and welcome to the 33^rd meeting of the Standing Committee on Official Languages.

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), we will proceed with a study of services in French on board VIA Rail trains. It is our pleasure to welcome the Chairman of the Board, Mr. Donald Wright.

Welcome to our committee, Mr. Wright.

We also welcome the President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Paul Côté. He is accompanied by Ms. Christena Keon Sirsly, who is VIA Rail official languages champion and Chief Strategy Officer.

Without further ado, I invite you to make your opening statement. We will then move on to questions from committee members.

See context to find out what was said next.