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Public Accounts committee  As I mentioned, accessibility is definitely a major concern for Via Rail. As I've said a few times throughout the meeting, it's an issue our management committee talks about. We have made sure that everyone will receive the training, and we adhere to accessibility standards as much as we can.

April 17th, 2023Committee meeting

Marie-Claude Cardin

Public Accounts committee  The fleet replacement program represents a $1.5‑billion investment. We have made sure that—

April 17th, 2023Committee meeting

Marie-Claude Cardin

Public Accounts committee  We actually don't exclude people with disabilities from our service, quite the opposite. We have a plan, and we are implementing it. We don't have to talk about the new fleet, but as far as the plan is concerned, we have a team—

April 17th, 2023Committee meeting

Marie-Claude Cardin

Public Accounts committee  There are two things I would say. First, as you mentioned, there's the new fleet. Outside the Quebec-Windsor corridor, our trains are accessible, but not fully. I'm going to ask Ms. Langlois to tell you the major differences. As for the stations outside the corridor, we have an existing plan to put measures in place.

April 17th, 2023Committee meeting

Marie-Claude Cardin

April 17th, 2023Committee meeting

Marie-Claude Cardin

Public Accounts committee  As we speak, I believe 91% of all employees have completed the training. Of course, we always have new people who join the company. When I say all employees, I mean frontline employees on the trains, maintenance centre staff and so on. As we mentioned, the training is mandatory.

April 17th, 2023Committee meeting

Marie-Claude Cardin

Public Accounts committee  Is that in the context of accessibility?

April 17th, 2023Committee meeting

Marie-Claude Cardin

Public Accounts committee  I should have the number right away, but I would say it's about $400 million per year.

April 17th, 2023Committee meeting

Marie-Claude Cardin

Public Accounts committee  It is an unacceptable situation, and that's why we've put in place a stringent follow-up going forward, to ensure that we don't have this situation anymore.

April 17th, 2023Committee meeting

Marie-Claude Cardin

Public Accounts committee  I think it was well known that it was mandatory training. As I said, it was unacceptable, and the training should have been completed.

April 17th, 2023Committee meeting

Marie-Claude Cardin

Public Accounts committee  Our compensation regime is based on two main factors: individual contribution and corporate results. It was set up mainly to take into account the competitive environment for recruiting talent. Those who met key performance targets were compensated accordingly.

April 17th, 2023Committee meeting

Marie-Claude Cardin

Public Accounts committee  I want to reiterate that accessibility is important, as are many other rules and laws that all Via Rail executives have to follow. As I mentioned, that's one of the key performance indicators we track. I can't be more specific than that, but I can tell you that a portion of our executive compensation is fixed and another portion is variable.

April 17th, 2023Committee meeting

Marie-Claude Cardin

Public Accounts committee  We will provide the committee with that information.

April 17th, 2023Committee meeting

Marie-Claude Cardin

Public Accounts committee  Yes, it is mandatory.

April 17th, 2023Committee meeting

Marie-Claude Cardin

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for your question. I'm going to pass that over to Catherine Langlois, who can tell you about the plan we developed. The implementation phase is under way and will continue throughout 2023.

April 17th, 2023Committee meeting

Marie-Claude Cardin