The short answer is no. Consultation, whether it has a big “C” or a small “c”, has a lot of implications, especially in 2022. However, we were informed that we would be able to be a participant in that process. It was very difficult for us to go through, because we had an opportunity to submit a letter and provide input, and we were informed that CN had a website that we could submit our comments.
My team and I drafted a response to flag and say we would like to participate as a nation that's affected as a stakeholder on this line, because we know that this key route assessment is going to be undertaken. However, once we went to submit it, we were limited to 500 characters, so we were more or less “tweeting” our request to be included in the consultative process. We submitted that and never received a response.
I will be including both a screenshot and the letter that we wanted to submit in our briefing note to the committee.