Madam Minister, do you know how many kilometres of railway track between Montreal and Quebec City belong to VIA Rail? None. VIA Rail doesn't own a single kilometre of track between Montreal and Quebec City.
Under the circumstances, I wonder how you're going to do a HFR project with $500 million. Everyone knows that's not going to happen. Also, it's $500 million over six years. So that means that it will be $100 million a year and that there won't be any new investment for six years.
Since the election campaign before last, the Liberals have been telling us that the HFR is coming and that they believe it. Finally, people are beginning to believe it less and less and to think that it's just a bit of window dressing. In six years, it will be in 2027, and there will still be no HFR.