Yes, but the challenge is that, as you well know, right now the corridor provides 95% of Via Rail's passenger revenue, so it's going to be faced with trying to focus on the rest of Canada with mere crumbs from fare revenue, because it's serving long distances in sparsely populated areas.
This is my last point, Mr. Chair, as I see my time is nearly up.
Minister, your assertion that your government's plan for HFR is not privatization is tough to believe, because you're looking at a private-sector partner that's going to design, construct, finance, operate, set the schedules and fares for and profit from that corridor between Toronto and Quebec City. If that's not privatization, I don't know what is.
Sure, the corridor is going to continue to be owned nominally by the government, but this is a plan to privatize the most frequently used corridor in this nation, and I think it's a real shame. That's all.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.