The other issue that I did take a little umbrage at is when you told my colleague that the level of service provided by CN is irrelevant to the issue of producer car loading sites. I think it is actually very relevant to the fact, because most of these guys can't afford the costs and penalties if your car happens to actually show up on time and they're late. On the other hand, they also can't afford to be paying people to wait there, sometimes for a day or two days, for your car to show up. The level of service that we have experienced in our area of the Prairies has been atrocious. This is something that is being fleshed out right now through the level of service review.
But I can tell you through my review of the shippers' bill of rights we implemented two years ago that it was very disheartening to talk to a lot of these guys who are trying to make a living. The costs are always pushed back down on top of them. As Mr. Valeriote said, this is one of the few issues about which the Wheat Board can come in front of our committee and we don't have any questions for them on this side, because the level of service is very germane to the topic.
Keeping these sites open is not just a matter of running a gas station, a coffee shop, or a doughnut shop. This is not only a part of our national heritage; this is a part of a national transportation system that has been privatized, and you have people on this side of the aisle who firmly believe in that kind of thing doubting whether the right thing was done when it came to our railways.
At the end of the day, there are many questions I'd like to see some answers for. I'd like to see some clarification as to the actual costs that you guys are incurring. I would actually like to see it on all the sites that you are proposing to close, because, looking at this list, I highly doubt that you're spending $12,000 a year on some of these sites.
One of the other questions I have for you is the issue of the 29 stations. Do you have a map or something so we can see the 29 stations that are producing this 80%? What I understand from the argument is that this is where you are eventually trying to get to: running only those 29 most profitable stations. Otherwise, why can't you use the same argument to shut down all the rest of them?