I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 48 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Thursday, February 3, 2022, the committee is meeting to discuss air passenger protection.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House Order of Thursday, June 23, 2022. Members are attending in person in the room and remotely using the Zoom application.
Members of the committee, appearing before us today from 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m., we have, from Via Rail Canada, Mr. Martin R. Landry, interim president and chief executive officer. We have Mr. Michael Brankley, vice-president, railway operations, and Ms. Rita Toporowski, chief customer officer.
I would like to thank you on behalf of this committee for your presence. We very much appreciate it, as do Canadians.
I'd also like to state on the record that invitations to this meeting were sent to CN. They declined but have expressed an interest in appearing at a later date. Invitations were also sent to the Railway Association of Canada, which also declined the committee's invitation.
Before we begin I would just like to say that a sound check has been conducted for the benefit of our interpreters.
Now I would like to turn to Mr. Landry for his opening remarks.
You have five minutes. The floor is yours.