I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting No. 77 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 Tuesday, March 7, 2023, the committee is meeting to discuss its study on the high-frequency rail projects for the first part of the meeting and committee business for the second part.
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.
I wish to inform the committee members that all witnesses have been tested for sound and interpretation purposes for today's meeting and have passed the test.
The witnesses appearing before the committee today include Patrick Massicotte, president of the Chambre de commerce et d'industries de Trois-Rivières, who joins our meeting by video conference.
From Transport Action Canada, we have Terence Johnson, president. Welcome.
We also have three representatives of Via HFR: Martin Imbleau, chief executive officer; Marc‑Olivier Ranger, corporate secretary; and Graeme Hampshire, project director.
We will begin with opening remarks from all of our witnesses. We'll start off with Monsieur Imbleau.
The floor is yours for five minutes.