Mr. Speaker, every day, cars travelling on the Trans-Canada Highway have to stop to let CN freight trains go by.
Every year, Transport Canada keeps a sad list of railway crossings across the country with the highest risk of accidents, and unfortunately my riding is on that list.
This is also an economic development issue. The transportation of freight on that stretch of track is expected to skyrocket in the coming years. The solution to these two problems is to build a multi-level rail bridge.
Saint-Hyacinthe is the only place in Canada, and perhaps even in North America, where a rail line crosses a highway.
I have given my colleagues, the infrastructure and transport ministers, all of the information on this file, and I hope to have their full co-operation and assistance.