Transport committee  Greg or Dave, could you quickly respond to that, please?

Transport committee  That's fine.

Transport committee  I can start with this question and I'm going to pass it on as well to Dave. The quick answer is yes, Bakken crude demonstrates more volatile characteristics. It has higher light ends in its crude mix, but that's exactly why the testing procedures are being looked at very careful

Transport committee  We believe a broader plan can cover all crude quality issues in terms of response planning. Dave.

Transport committee  It is the intent to have the carrier who is most familiar with the operations of his system to coordinate or lead the overall response plan, but the plan would draw on all the available resources to administer potential incidents. Dave, would you expand on that, please?

Transport committee  That partly relates to what I think was being talked about in the emergency response abilities and the organizational ability to respond to an incident. We have been promoting that there would be a rail carrier's lead in organizing that arrangement to be able to be responsive. Th

Transport committee  Again, Greg touched on that briefly, and I'll let him follow on with a more fulsome response to that. Sorry, it was Dave. My apologies.

Transport committee  The question Mr. Mai has proposed is whether we're in a position to table our plan with the committee. That's work that's in progress with the working groups at this point in time. My understanding of that is it will come forward into the public domain in due course. Again, I'll

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  From my perspective, I believe the approach we're taking is intended to cover those gaps. That's exactly why it's being set up. The gap we witnessed with the Lac-Mégantic incident was one where there wasn't sufficient funding available for a small rail carrier. That's why this

Transport committee  I'm not aware of any more, but I'll consult again with Greg and Dave to see if there's anything else they'd be aware of.

Transport committee  The question you've asked—so my colleagues can hear it in English—is as to whether this was being government driven or whether it was being industry proposed. The proposal we're building for the hybrid model and for the handling of small rail is an industry proposal.

Transport committee  In the hybrid model, and I'll ask Greg to weigh in on this as well, for the sake of the smaller rail transportation companies that can't access large amounts of liability coverage in the same way the mainline carriers can, they would be supplemented in their access to funds by wa

Transport committee  You are asking where the additional funding comes from?

Transport committee  Greg can answer in that regard.