Philip Lawrence at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

On October 10th, 2024. See this statement in context.

October 10th, 2024 / 3:40 p.m.

Conservative

Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON

Thank you, Minister.

To turn to the events in Quebec over the Labour Day weekend, of course we had passengers stuck on a train, as you said in your statement, for over 10 hours. They had limited food and water. We heard from the passengers, workers and union officials that this was, in fact, not an isolated incident. Can you commit that this will be the last time that passengers are stranded on a Via train, with limited food and water, for more than five hours?

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