Thank you, Madam Chair.
Minister, thank you for being here this morning.
I am quite pleased and quite excited that the priority that we've established through your leadership is that of balance. We're balancing safety along with value return within the business community, and we're really listening to those thoughts that have come from all sectors.
One of the pillars contained within the government's transportation strategic plan places a strong emphasis on trade corridors, a catalyst to better position Canada to capitalize on global opportunities and to highly perform globally. We get that. However, I want to dig a bit deeper, especially with respect to the question that Mr. Fraser asked. We want to ensure a disciplined asset management plan, both operating capital.... In turn, we want to develop stronger trade-related assets—rail, marine, road, air—that will coordinate and contribute to support Canada's international competitiveness and therefore trade and prosperity. We see Bill C-49 as a component of that; there's no question.
In your own words, how do you see Bill C-49 building itself into the overall strategic plan, transportation 2030, and then ultimately becoming more of a mechanism to be better able to implement that overall strategy?