Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We are here to talk about Bill C-52, not last year's public accounts, and certainly not tank cars, which are not what's in Bill C-52, so I will direct my questions, Minister, to the actual legislation in front of the committee.
Proposed section 153.1 of Bill C-52 states:
A railway company is not liable under subsection 152.7(1) if it establishes that (a) the railway accident resulted from an act of war, hostilities, civil war or insurrection; or (b) any other defence set out in the regulations applies.
Minister, does this proposed subsection also establish terrorism, including, for example, a lone terrorist attack, as a defence to the railway company's liability?