Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from Yellowhead for his wise counsel on tonight's debate. As he said, as we go after these international markets with our trade agenda, which is going to be so important for the expanding of our economy, as we see with oil pipelines, they end up being a network that joins job centres together. A rail network is very much like that as well. It is a network that joins job centres together.
Would the member like to comment a bit about the positive impact on the Canadian economy as we pursue international agreements and we use our gateways both in the east, in Halifax, Saint John, and other places, as well as the west? Could he talk about the positive impact of jobs for these rail networks?