It's a pleasure to call this meeting to order.
Welcome to all of you to meeting number 24 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.
Today’s meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of January 25, 2021.
The proceedings will be made available via the House of Commons website. So you are all aware, the webcast will always show the person speaking, rather than the entirety of the committee.
To ensure an orderly meeting, I would like to outline a few points to follow. Members and witnesses, you may speak in the official language of your choice. Interpretation services are available for this meeting. You have the choice, at the bottom of your screen, of floor, English or French.
For members participating in person, proceed as you usually would when the committee is meeting as a whole in the committee room in person. Keep in mind the directives from the Board of Internal Economy regarding masking and health protocols.
Before speaking, please wait until I recognize you by name. If you are on the video conference, please click on the microphone icon to unmute your mike. For those in the room, your microphone will be controlled as normal by the proceedings and verification officer.
I remind you that all comments by members and witnesses should be addressed through the chair. When you are not speaking, your mike should be on mute. With regard to a speaking list, as always, the committee clerk and I will do the best we can to maintain the order of speaking for all members, whether they are participating virtually or in person.
Members, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on March 9, 2021, the committee will now commence its study of the follow-up audit on rail safety.
I would now like to welcome as well as introduce our witnesses for this evening.
For the first hour we're going to have, from the Office of the Auditor General, Karen Hogan, the Auditor General of Canada; Dawn Campbell, principal; and Isabelle Marsolais, director.
In the second hour we're going to have, from the Canadian National Railway Company, Tom Brown, assistant vice-president of safety; from the Canadian Pacific Railway, Kyle Mulligan, chief engineer; and from the Railway Association of Canada, Marc Brazeau, president and chief executive officer.
I'm going to start off the first hour with the Office of the Auditor General.
You have five minutes each, and/or if one is speaking on behalf of all, you have five minutes. Then we can proceed to the questions.
Ms. Hogan, you have the floor for the first five minutes.