Thank you for the question.
Essentially, the role of rail police officers is to protect railway property. This approach reduces public expenditures because otherwise public police forces would have to perform these tasks. From a public policy standpoint, there are advantages to the railways having their own police forces protect their property.
So I believe your question is more about discipline and the need to investigate certain incidents. In 2017, the provisions that were in the Canada Transportation Act were shifted to the Railway Safety Act, requiring railways to develop a complaint evaluation process to deal with allegations of irregular behaviour. That's how we dealt with that requirement.
We believe there are benefits in a rail police force, but also acknowledge that there is a need for a process to deal with disciplinary issues.