Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, gentlemen.
There are really a lot of questions that I would like to ask you. But first I am going to pass on a message from some of my colleagues from the Hamilton region. They told me that they are very happy to see that a local company is manufacturing products of such high quality, that the employees are unionized, and they have good, well-paying jobs. It shows that Canadian companies are capable of producing tank cars that can replace the DOT-111s. It could generate good, well-paying jobs. Congratulations for all that from myself, and from my colleagues who have asked me to say hi to you this morning.
Mr. Boudreault, you said that the communities, the workers and the first responders needed to know what was in the tanker cars. The government says that they did know. The problem is that they found out later.
Usually, people are informed about what is going to go through their communities, about the products in general. But with specific products, they are not informed. That is why the first responders do not know how to respond to the emergency.
Do you think that argument is on track, if you will excuse the pun?