Wayne Easter at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On October 22nd, 2009. See this statement in context.

October 22nd, 2009 / 4 p.m.

Liberal

Wayne Easter Liberal Malpeque, PE

If anybody has rights under the railways legislation, it is the railways. You are guaranteed specific returns on capital. It was the previous government—and I sometimes disagree with the previous government, I have to admit—that allowed the cost of transport to go up.

So you guys are assured of your profit, but you are taking away the right of poor folks like Cam Goff to have a producer car loading site. Can you give us the cost to you of these 53 sites that you are trying to close down?

See context to find out what was said next.