Thank you, Mr. Berthold.
Indeed, the people living in Lac‑Mégantic find it very difficult to have to wait until 2023. Imagine that: 10 years after the tragedy, they hear the trains passing day and night. Personally, this wakes me up often at night. A train passes at 2 a.m. and another at 4 a.m. The trains meet in our area to go through customs. The conductors change. We know that the trains carry chlorine and propane gas, among other things. They always go downhill. It's horrible to put people through this and to make them wait for over 10 years. We won't even have it in 2023, given the delays accumulated since the last year.
Mr. Berthold is right to push the issue. I encourage him to keep hammering away at our request. We really need a bypass in Lac‑Mégantic because of the dangerous goods being transported there and the dangerous slopes and curves.
Last week, in downtown Lac‑Mégantic, a switch was discovered with a lower grade of iron than the main line. One rail was completely cracked where the train derailed on July 6, 2013. We aren't wondering whether we need a bypass in Lac‑Mégantic.