Public Accounts committee  I think it would be a mistake to do that, to be honest with you, sir. I think we should look somewhere else. The reason we insisted so much over time on getting this investment was because the assets were in dire need of being improved and significantly modernized. There is no

Public Accounts committee  It is an investment of VIA Rail into the CN infrastructure. It is based on the premise that with the third track—longer sidings, longer passing tracks—trains will circulate at higher speeds, and more trains will be available on the network.

Public Accounts committee  This is part of the $690 million program. That's $300 million or so.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, $300 million of the capital program is directed to it.

Public Accounts committee  We're better positioned to bring in more trains, at higher speeds. But it doesn't give us ownership or control over the track.

Public Accounts committee  First of all, let me address your first two points. Yes, we will do that. In fact, if you like, we can leave behind today a current update that we have on the recommendations and the action plan. We've brought copies. We can leave that with you, Mr. Chair, and at your request

Public Accounts committee  Okay. We'll do that. Similarly, on the train service agreement with CN, other than those issues that are of a confidential nature, that are commercial, we can certainly give you an outline of the highlights, the major changes in this agreement from previous ones. As I said in m

Public Accounts committee  We did carry that.

Public Accounts committee  You will see in the report that I will leave behind that we did act on all those recommendations. We have in fact, on the information technology security issue, made some changes already and are working on more changes to protect intrusion and to protect all the information that

Public Accounts committee  I appreciate that.

Public Accounts committee  We're not cutting right now.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, we may have to do that.

Public Accounts committee  In our new agreements with the short lines, we incorporate a need for them to do regular track inspections and report to us in writing about those track inspections, based on federal standards.

Public Accounts committee  Of course, once we get the report, if the report indicates an incident or situation that could be problematic, we react right away.

Public Accounts committee  It will have a significant impact because of the investment programs we're working on. If I may segregate them this way, first of all and foremost are the locomotives. Our locomotives are 25 to 30 years old and are obviously not as reliable as they were when we purchased them.