Public Accounts committee  It did. In the end, when we look at the offer we put out on the market afterwards, with deep discounts to entice people to come back to the train, we ended up in a positive financial position in that we created enough new induced traffic.

Public Accounts committee  Discounted traffic, but due to the large volume, we ended up in a positive financial situation. But from a reputation point of view, going through a strike is never a pleasant thing to do.

Public Accounts committee  Comparing those networks is very tricky, because, first, when you look at Europe and the networks that are mostly on everybody's radar screen, the high-speed train that works operates in isolation. There is no freight traffic; it's on its own, so you can achieve very high numbers

Public Accounts committee  I didn't catch your question, sorry.

Public Accounts committee  No, the Peterborough-Toronto train is not in VIA's mandate at all. We haven't been asked to deal with that issue at all. It's a GO Transit thing, I believe.

Public Accounts committee  I'm aware of it.

Public Accounts committee  Let me set the record straight, Mr. Nadeau. All of the employees on board the train were bilingual. The initial announcements were made to passengers in both official languages. There are two issues here. First of all, the initial announcement was made, passengers left the train

Public Accounts committee  No, I appreciate that. It's a good choice of words. The report we're discussing covered the period 2003 to 2008. If you're talking about 2009, I have to tell you we are having difficulty meeting our revenue targets. When we established our targets in the late fall of 2008 fo

Public Accounts committee  Yes, it will. However, increasing capacity comes with negotiations with Canadian National for increased and improved infrastructure. These negotiations that are progressing well with CN are the ones I referred to in my comments, and we're hopeful that very shortly we'll have the

Public Accounts committee  We do have a marketing plan we review every year with the board. We have a customer plan, a marketing plan, and a sales plan. This marketing plan will have to be reviewed, not only in the case of additional frequencies, but as you know, the investment program also includes signif

Public Accounts committee  In what sense? Financially?

Public Accounts committee  It's to give you more time for questions. I'll give it a shot. There is no doubt that the inability to obtain greater access to tracks in order to add frequencies had an impact on VIA meeting these financial targets. Market conditions also played a role, such as in 2003 and 20

Public Accounts committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and members of the standing committee. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I would like to express my appreciation for the remarks of the Auditor General and for the valuable work performed by her office. The relationship betwe

Transport committee  I don't, but André Gravelle.... I don't know.

Transport committee  One key criterion, obviously, as you know, is the length of the line. When we describe that, it's Quebec-Windsor. That's been traditional. It's like a brand. Quebec-Windsor has become a brand, but is it really going to be that?