Thank you, Madam Chair.
Ms. Hogan and Mr. Keenan, I'm pleased that you and your colleagues are here today.
I think that it's important to set the record straight.
Recently, I heard the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport speak about the 2013 audit. You also referred to this audit in your opening remarks, Mr. Keenan. You said that the Auditor General's initial audit in 2013 was carried out in the context of a terrible tragedy. Unfortunately, you and the parliamentary secretary are totally wrong.
The 2013 audit states as follows: “Our report is not an inquiry into this tragic event or an investigation of how it happened or of other subsequent rail accidents.” The audit work was completed on June 28, 2013, prior to the tragedy on July 6, 2013. I find it inconceivable that the 2013 tragedy would be used in a presentation such as yours. All the recommendations made by the Auditor General at that time concerned events that occurred before the 2013 tragedy.
I want you to explain why you referred to the 2013 tragedy in order to talk about the audit in your opening remarks, when that audit specifically states that the report doesn't address the tragedy at all.