Thank you, Ministers, for coming today. It's obviously a really important issue that we're working on here.
I'm from Medicine Hat, and we're captive to the CPR, and have been captive for as long as I can recall. I worked for an international petrochemical company, and I can tell you that regularly, there were difficulties with the CPR. They wouldn't move the product; they wouldn't get the cars on time, demurrage, and so on. I know you've heard all of that. There's also a huge fertilizer plant in my riding. Those are some of the issues that go beyond grain.
One of the things I wanted to talk about is the interswitching. I can recall when it went to 30 kilometres, and now the proposal is to go to 160 kilometres. I'm looking at a map, and it includes Medicine Hat. Ministers, I'm so delighted that this is going to happen; however, I would like to get a little information on what that means in terms of other railways, in particular the Burlington Northern,which is close by my riding. Will they be able to come up? Will they be able to bring cars up to help move the grain and other products?
Either or both ministers, please comment.