Transport committee  I am Jacques Fauteux, Director, Government and Community Relations at Via Rail.

Transport committee  Thank you for the question. Madam Chair, as Ms. Laverdière mentioned we have completed our study on high-frequency rail, as we had announced via certain platforms at the end of the month of December. We have submitted it to our counterparts at Transport Canada at this time. We a

Transport committee  I think it is important that we do our work first. When the study is complete and we have finished our talks, I am sure the government will choose the right time to release that information.

Transport committee  We are studying that at this time, madam. It would be premature for me to answer that question.

Transport committee  Things are going well. As I mentioned to some of your colleagues in the past, we are continuing to study the renewal of our aging fleet. It is almost 40 years old. Some of our trains are older than the person who is speaking to you right now. However, we have to continue doing t

Transport committee  The funding that was announced yesterday in the federal budget will allow us not only to maintain our activities but also to continue to keep an eye on VIA Rail's strategic projects, the high-frequency rail project, as well as the renewal of our fleet. We are particularly happy w

Transport committee  As we mentioned in various ways at parliamentary committees, the renewal of an aging fleet of vehicles is important. It will allow us to ensure the viability of the corporation over the long term, and to increase the comfort and safety of passengers, like the four million passeng

Transport committee  Madam Chair, I'm Jacques Fauteux, the the director of government relations for VIA Rail. VIA Rail doesn't have any specific statements to make other than to note that, with respect to the supplementaries (A), they provide stable operational capital and pension funding for us to

Transport committee  We're going to proceed with our competitive process at this time. The procurement process started in April of this year, and we intend to have an RFQ sent to bidders from Canada and to international bidders later this summer. It would be presumptuous on my part to tell you what

Transport committee  I believe you're mentioning high-frequency rail?

Transport committee  Deputy?

Transport committee  I did not mention this when I first answered, but I should point out that we are very happy to finally get a new fleet that will improve passenger accessibility and comfort. As to your question, sir, in the interest of competition, we would like as many bidders as possible in or

Transport committee  Thank you for your question and your interest in our high frequency rail project. I can confirm that we continue to work on those studies jointly with our shareholder, the Government of Canada, particularly Transport Canada, to ensure the viability and fair investment of the Gov

Transport committee  In fact, we have done our work and we are also working with our counterparts at Transport Canada.

Transport committee  Thank you for the question. In this case, we held a competition, which is subject to international trade laws, as you know. In terms of the $900 million or so announced at the end of last December, the President of Siemens made a commitment to invest money in Canadian content or