Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Welcome to the panel.
Mr. Langan, you touched on Obama's vision of this Seattle to Vancouver corridor. It hits me like home, when I talk about metro Vancouver. I personally understand that the high-speed railways help the tourism industry, particularly in tough times when this Conservative government has taken the GST rebate away from the visitors, which has hit the tourism industry negatively.
Last week the people from Transport Canada were here. They haven't even looked at the proposal for the small portion between the border and Vancouver. What role do you feel Canada should play? What kind of role should the government play?