Thank you, Chair.
I would like to thank our guests for being here today.
Minister, it's a pleasure to have you here at committee. You indicated that as the fourth minister dealing with this issue, it's finally being dealt with, and I applaud you and your staff for moving it to this point.
I would imagine that the railways and shippers have known that this was coming to this point of fruition. I'd like to get a sense from you whether you have any feeling for what the current relationship is between the railways and shippers. Obviously this has happened historically because of what were perceived as significant problems, but I'd like to get a sense from you. Do you have a feel today, with this legislation pending, for what the current relationship is? In other words, are we getting better? Are they getting better in terms of their interactions with each other? Is there more frequency of offering service agreements? Do you have a feel for that at this stage?