Transport committee  This is the updating of the VIA Rail reservation system. VIA uses a reservation system that goes back to the 1980s, which was at the time shared with Air Canada. We are trying to move off of this mainframe platform to a distributed platform that provides reservation services on mobile devices.

Transport committee  Thank you very much for your question. The funds allocated here are really meant to maintain services as they are today. Enhancements have been made over the last year and a half, which account for our increase in revenue and ridership. But they are marginal improvements at best because the fleet is getting older every day and there is congestion on the railways.

Transport committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Members of the committee, good afternoon. We're sorry we could not be in attendance with you in snowy Ottawa. Although it is snowing in Montreal, we have full confidence that if we had taken a train, we would have been there on time to meet with you. Unfortunately, it will be a pleasure that we will have to put off to another day and I look forward to the honour of meeting with all of you in person.