Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Earlier, in his opening remarks, Mr. Alghabra spoke about the importance to him of this much talked about high-speed rail project and the fact that he was firmly committed to it. It is obviously an initiative that we on this side also support.
However, I have had an opportunity to meet with a number of people who said they were concerned that so far they had not seen any indication or intention on the part of the government to have part of it built in Canada. In fact, I have had the opportunity to meet with representatives of companies who said they were afraid that some Chinese giant would get the contract, given that there is an extremely large train building company working in China, in particular. We really are talking about essential infrastructure here. There are jobs where we live that depend on manufacturing these control systems and local companies that could do the work.
How does the government see this project working? What is the government planning for the future?