Transport committee  It depends.

Transport committee  In the past, we've manufactured literally tens of thousands of cars for CN, CP, and BC Rail, when it existed as a separate railroad.

Transport committee  As I mentioned, we're building for CN right now. We've built a fair amount of equipment for the new resurgence in iron ore mining in Quebec and Labrador. Most of the rail cars that are transporting iron ore to Sept-Îles are built by National Steel Car, and that numbers in the tho

Transport committee  The reason for this is that this car is shorter than the older cars. Thanks to modern design, we have the ability to build a car that is shorter than the older cars and lighter than the older cars. However, as you go through the figures there, you can see that it carries much mor

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

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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  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  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  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