Thank you, gentlemen, and Ms. Quinlan, for being here. It's a real pleasure to have the amount of expertise and the experiences, tragic though they are, for you to share with us so that we can learn from them.
I just wanted to follow up on what Mr. Bourque was saying because I think it's quite critical to not just this bill that we're talking about today, but to where we are going as a country. You talk about the fact that, of course, we need to have this rail corridor and that it is indeed the lifeblood of our country. At the same time communities are developing and growing, which is a happy thing, but unfortunately they're growing in places where it could be dangerous to them.
I know you have some kind of committee or something in place.
But if you know that safety hazards and deaths are inevitable, which I think is what I'm hearing from all of you, why is it that this group of learned and experienced people here representing the different organizations that you represent, knowing that these are outstanding and critical issues in Canada.... Why is there not a plan in place to address this?
Maybe I'll start with Michael, and perhaps each of you can answer that, I think, very blunt but very important question.
Thank you.