Thank you for your question, Ms. Koutrakis.
I'll answer your question in English, because honestly, my recollection of everything that happened out west is in English.
The supply chain disruptions in British Columbia and, in fact, in western Canada this past summer, as a result of raging forest fires and then the atmospheric rivers that we saw, really tested the railways. However, I think everybody read in the news and saw the Herculean efforts put forward by the railways to, first of all, work together to ensure that essential supplies were able to get in and out of the port of Vancouver. That speaks volumes about the fact that we have two class I railways that, yes, compete with each other, but also work with each other. That's not just during times of need like that, but also, in their normal working times, there's co-operation between the two railways.
In terms of the ability of railways to respond as quickly as they did, their ability to repair their infrastructure as quickly as they did, they did that in concert with the British Columbia government and in concert with the municipalities. We worked with a number of other key supporters and contractors who obviously worked very closely with the railways. It really was an impressive feat.
It does, however, speak to the need for us to have a more robust climate change action plan, because we have to protect our infrastructure. We have to protect our supply chains. That is something on which we've started having some conversations with Minister Alghabra and other jurisdictions.
It's incumbent upon all of us, whether it be in the private sector or the public sector, to work together with all members of the supply chain, including our customers, to ensure that the integrity of Canada's supply chain is maintained, because we are a trading nation. We depend on our national trade corridor and we have to make sure that the infrastructure investments and the build-out will be able to withstand some of the challenges that we'll continue to see on a climate change front.