Mr. Speaker, I would like to know what my colleague thinks about the state of the tracks throughout the railway system.
Last summer I was at a railway crossing along the trans-Canada railway between La Tuque and Senneterre in the town of Parent. Every time an axle passed over a particular spot, the rails bent about an inch. Then, the train passed over a wooden bridge that is about 75 years old.
If our tracks are maintained according to the same standards used in Siberia, I am wondering whether we actually have any kind of safety in transportation.