Thank you for being here with our committee. I'd like to add to the answers Mr. Bélanger provided earlier, in view of the fact that these facilities, particularly in the Montreal region, are of great concern to us.
As regards sidings, which the bill addresses in clause 42, or proposed section 146.2, it seems to me this is quite weak on the matter of making lines available. It states that “a railway company shall prepare and keep up to date a list of its sidings and spurs that it plans to dismantle.”
You contended earlier that you had even identified one railway line that could be of use to you, but that is not on the list of available lines. I'd like to hear you say more on the subject.
I would also like you to make me a recommendation as to what we could add, that the railway company should determine the availability of certain lines. Even if they aren't to be entirely dismantled, the company could keep an up-to-date list of available lines.
That would be important, if we want to think about development. I'll leave you with that.