Transport committee  The schedule will include one additional frequency in 2016, in the corridor. That is what is currently planned.

Transport committee  Patricia.

Transport committee  These are VIA Rail properties. We have a number of sites that require decontamination, for example, fuel spillage that needs to be cleaned up. This is an initial sum of $130,000 that was awarded to launch the program of decontaminating some of our sites.

Transport committee  There are some in the maintenance centres and some at the stations as well.

Transport committee  Thank you for the question. Specifically not in this submission, but on the renewal of the rolling stock we're looking at getting new locomotives for our services which would have a much lower pollution rate than the current ones we operate.

Transport committee  That's part of the fleet renewal initiative. These typically are fairly lengthy processes. We're looking at a four- to five-year horizon before the new rolling stock is put into service.

Transport committee  Absolutely. Part of the fleet renewal program also includes an option to electrify some of the services so we get down to essentially zero emission. It's especially important in the urban centres, as you can imagine.

Transport committee  Yes we do, thank you. Madam Chair, ladies and gentlemen of the committee, hello to everyone from Montreal. I am Martin R. Landry, chief commercial officer at VIA Rail Canada. I am pleased to be here with you today with our chief financial officer, my colleague Patricia Jasmin.