During a major meltdown in transportation in the country, the Minister of Transport was absent.
You indicated that you had some commentary about a limit on hours of service. We heard testimony at the January 26 meeting from Transport Action Atlantic. One witness was on train 14, which was scheduled to depart Montreal at 7 p.m. on December 23. In his testimony, he indicated that the train only made it as far as Rivière-du-Loup because the CN repair crews had reportedly called it quits for the day.
I'm just wondering if you could talk a bit about what happens in this sort of circumstance. I understand there are hours of service limits, but what are the contingencies in place? Is there not some flexibility in the case of an emergency.