Mr. Speaker, I guess I will not need much time to answer because frankly I did not hear a question. I heard some interesting comments from my colleague.
He touched on a number of issues and I will simply highlight one. He spoke about rail abandonment as something he is not anxious to see. Let me assure him that coming from southwestern Ontario as I do, coming from one of the most busy rail parts of Ontario, coming from the long and proud railway family that I do, neither my colleagues nor I are anxious to see willy-nilly rail abandonments either.
Unfortunately the sad fact of the matter is that there are rail lines in the country that make very little economic sense as they are currently structured. The minister is to be commended for seeking to rationalize the entire system because it is simply too expensive the way it is and common sense tells us that.