Thank you.
I'm not sure we are in a situation where there isn't a vision. First of all, just factually, we have the continental gateway initiative, which is currently coming up to its results. This fall they will announce the results of this strategy that brings together Ontario, Quebec, and the federal government.
You also have, for the first time in a long time, a groundswell in favour of passenger rail, something we haven't seen in a very long time here in Canada and in the U.S., so there is an opportunity there. Will we need a vision? Yes. Will we need leadership? I agree with you. Will this be achieved through one big bang? I personally don't think so.
If we look at some other jurisdictions and how they have achieved it, my sense is that if we try to push this agenda forward then we have a chance to do so, and we may be able to do so in the way that Britain did. I say that because Britain went through a very long period of underinvestment in their rail infrastructure. This was an infrastructure that was used primarily for passengers, not for freight such as we have. Following that period of underinvestment, beginning in the 1980s there were a lot of initiatives that were undertaken, and the system improved. So passenger service improved dramatically in terms of journey time within the country, and it has continued to do so. These have been incremental, but they have been significant, and they have finally now connected in a real way to the high-speed rail system on the continent. It wasn't a big bang. It happened over a 20-year period.
Given the sums of money involved, other constraints, and requirements on governments, I would say that would not be a bad path if we could follow it.