Good morning, everyone.
I'm sorry for the short delay. For committees to move in and out takes a few minutes.
Welcome to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, meeting number 20: a study, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), of rail safety in Canada.
Joining us today, from the National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers of Canada, are Mr. Jim Wilson and Mr. John Burns; from the Teamsters Canada, Mr. William Brehl and Mr. Mike Wheten; from the United Steelworkers, Mr. Todd Cotie; and from the United Transportation Union, Mr. Garth Bates and Mr. Robert McDiarmid.
As indicated when you acknowledged your willingness to appear today, we're going to have one person speaking from each organization, and you're going to be given seven minutes to present. I will try to keep it reasonably close to that timeline, simply because we have allotted times for questions too, and I know there will be lots of them.
With that, we'll start. Mr. Wilson, are you going to start us off, or your organization? You have seven minutes.