I can tell you that we have done exhaustive consultation. We normally do not consult on amendments that are in a bill, as that is a parliamentary privilege, but we do consult on the issues and the policy direction that we are looking at taking.
That consultation has happened over the last 18 months, with the minister launching it right after he tabled the CTA review panel report last February. He launched a series of 10 round tables across the country that were focused on the themes of the transportation plan he announced last fall. In addition to that, he had two Facebook Live sessions with Canadians. We also had opportunities for stakeholders to put comments online and received about 230 submissions. We had over 70 written submissions sent in as part of our consultation, and another 70 went directly to the minister. Those submissions have informed our advice and our amendments. We also involved our provincial and territorial colleagues in that process.
Since then, we have continued to work exhaustively with the railways and the rail sector—shippers that use the railways, and other players in the rail sector—to make sure we understand their concerns and that in putting forward this package we are addressing the issues they had.