We made the government an offer to buy them, if it was prepared to sell them. The vast majority of the cars used to transport products by rail belong to the railways. There's logic in that. It's the most effective method. To the extent they own the assets, they take care of them, operate them as quickly as possible, and make every effort to ensure that the system is as efficient as possible. That would be the best way to do it, at a lower cost to Canadian taxpayers and in a context where, on the whole, farmers would still have a global transportation cost advantage.
On June 22nd, 2006. See this statement in context.