As I was saying earlier, the closure of 52 sites is a serious blow to those who have been using these sites for many years, sites that were no doubt reasonably close by. From now on, costs will go up, only for transport. I want to come back to what Frank was saying. By law, CN has to ask for Transport Canada's permission, but it does not have to give the slightest reason. As I said, when they want to close a site, things are done arbitrarily. I want to know if Transport Canada asks for valid reasons before it gives its authorization. I am not sure. We are not really familiar with what Transport Canada has to do in these cases. The idea that Transport Canada would just give its authorization at CN's request seems rather shocking.
On September 17th, 2009. See this statement in context.