Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses for appearing today to answer our questions and to help us understand in greater detail the bill before us.
I want to start with the work of this committee. As you're aware, this committee conducted a study early last year on the topic of railway safety in Canada. It's something that's of urgent concern to a lot of communities, particularly on the 10th anniversary of the disaster in Lac-Mégantic.
The report that we issued—I believe it was last May—included 33 recommendations. Some of them reflected things that communities and concerned citizens have been asking for, for a long time, yet the legislation in front of us reflects none of those recommendations. I'm wondering why that is.