Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My thanks to our guests for being here.
There is a refinery in the Quebec City area that is being supplied by rail to a significantly greater extent.
A few minutes ago, I was surprised—to put it politely—to hear that firefighters do not have in their hands the information they need to respond to a disaster. So that means that, in all the communities across Canada, those responsible for emergency measures do not have information they can use.
Our situation is that we are playing with volatile products more and more. The risk has increased considerably in recent years. We no longer have the stable situation we once had, when we were just working with petroleum in the classic sense. There have been major changes.
I hear that the necessary measures have still not been put in place to properly inform the people responsible for emergency measures. We have to think about that seriously. In some places, people are paid to do it; in other places, they are volunteers. We have to help them.
First, I do not understand why they do not have the information already. Second, I wonder how the federal government could help you to circulate the information as quickly as possible. Informing emergency responders is not an option; it is a moral obligation for you.