Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Professor Katz‑Rosene, I've read some of your articles, including the ones my colleague mentioned earlier. In particular, you say that crossing Canada by train would be worse for the climate than flying. You've been interested in passenger rail for a number of years, going back to 2020.
You also talked about the participation of the public sector versus the private sector in the operation of the future rail line in the Toronto-Quebec City corridor, which my colleague would like to see extended to Windsor.
We know that about 90% of VIA Rail's revenue comes from the busiest segment of its network, the very segment where it wants to build the high‑frequency rail line. This HFR project would be carried out with a private partner that is completely independent of VIA Rail. How will the entire VIA Rail network be affected if its busiest section, the one that generates most of its revenue, is no longer under its control?