Transport committee  Mr. Chair, I think this is a matter where we will have to follow up with the committee, in terms of the specifics of this particular project And can you tell us why the land was acquired?

Transport committee  Thank you for the question. Land acquisition is very often done for specific projects and for specific purposes. With respect to the project to which you refer, I do not have the details in hand. It is therefore very difficult for me to answer the question. However, you always h

Transport committee  It was more that the studies done told us that without government intervention, the service might be interrupted. We wanted to avoid that kind of interruption, because we recognize the importance of the railway for those communities. That is why the Canadian government, together

Transport committee  Transport Canada has worked closely with PrairiesCan and Indigenous Services Canada. We have done a number of studies, from which we understand that without some level of funding from the Government of Canada, it would not be possible to maintain rail access to Churchill. Fundin