Thank you, Madam Chair.
Mr. Vena, thank you very much for being here.
The members of the committee greatly appreciate the fact that four vice-presidents have come to talk about rail safety. This shows how important rail safety is for you.
You are the first speaker who didn’t talk about Lac-Mégantic in your presentation. However, that event has marked the rail industry over the last few years. This is not criticism, it’s absolutely fine. The Lac-Mégantic accident happened and we can’t ignore it, but the rail industry all across Canada is concerned by rail safety.
Could you tell me what has changed in the rail industry since the Lac-Mégantic tragedy in terms of safety measures being implemented. CN is a large company and it does not use short-line railways for its activities like the one used by MMA when the tragedy happened. What has changed? Has that raised more awareness and concerns for the leaders of big companies such as yours?