I think the effort has to be made with the officials of the Ministry of Finance. It's not the ministry so much; it's the officials. We have to get it through their heads that if we want to improve the system, and if the Canadian railway system is as important to the Canadian economy as we know it is, you have to fund it as it grows. The funding to monitor it has to go hand in hand.
On March 13th, 2008. See this statement in context.