Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm Gregory Aziz, chairman and CEO of National Steel Car from Hamilton, Ontario. With me are Hugh Nicholson, executive vice-president of marketing, sales and quality; Lorraine Johnson, our chief operating officer; and Leigh Scott, our regional vice-presi

Agriculture committee  In summary, replacing the current obsolete fleet will increase delivery efficiency by moving more grain in each car within each train start. It will enhance the performance of the entire supply chain and lower the carbon footprint for the sector. It will create over 15 million ho

Agriculture committee  Yes. We're exporting this car to the United States right now.

Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  Not currently.

Agriculture committee  Well, there's no doubt.... That's a prescient observation. I mean, this rail system that currently exists will be broken within the next three to five years, and speed to market is vitally important to all of the stakeholders. My colleague from Farm Credit has just gone through

Agriculture committee  No, we wouldn't do that. What needs to happen here is a very detailed investigation of what we're proposing. This is a tremendous opportunity for Canada. It's a tremendous opportunity for the whole supply chain, from the farm right to the port of export, or if it's being moved

Agriculture committee  Yes, sir.

Agriculture committee  Yes, sir.

Agriculture committee  Yes, sir.

Agriculture committee  As I mentioned in my preamble, we are the leading rail car design, engineering, and manufacturing firm in the world. A lot of the work we do is patented. We have over 250 patents issued to National Steel Car on our rail innovation. We have 50 patents pending at any one time. We

Agriculture committee  That's something that needs to be discussed and explored perhaps at a later date. Our purpose in coming here today is to tell this committee that we have the capability to solve this problem and that there is a finite amount of time for this problem to get solved. We have the sol

Agriculture committee  First of all, it would be inappropriate for me to comment on a particular railroad, but the efficiencies we've outlined are available to anyone who wants to buy it. The key factor here, and what we tried to illustrate...we made a specific case to the existing grain car fleet in o

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Transport committee  Thank you. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, good morning. I'm Greg Aziz, chairman and CEO of National Steel Car. I'll whip through this as quickly as I can. National Steel Car—I have up here a picture of our factory, located in Hamilton, Ontario—is the last remaini