Thank you, Chair.
I agree with Mr. Eyking in a lot of ways. I want to make sure that the farmer gets compensated and I want to make sure it is done in a timely manner. That is something I definitely want to see come out of this review when it comes forward, but what makes this really confusing and awkward is that some things are related to the Canada Grain Act and some things are related to the Canada Transportation Act. For example, an agreement between Viterra and CN would have its own labour dispute settlement mechanism in the Transportation Act. It would be part of what will probably be considered in this upcoming review on that type of compensation and how that compensation should flow and the amounts, and how they negotiate it in their level of service agreement.
When I do a contract from the farm, I come under the Canada Grain Act. It's a different act, and the minister has already brought in some considerations for that in this piece of legislation right now. So, when I do a contract with Viterra, for example, and they don't take delivery of my grain, then there is some compensation after a period of time. There is some interest paid and maybe some storage paid—I'm not sure. I don't want to prescribe that here, but I think that concept has been embedded in what the minister wants to do in this piece of legislation.
Where it gets confusing is when you flip it over now to the transportation side and Viterra doesn't have that proper level of service agreement in place. It's one thing if CN and CP are responsible and they have to pay a bill and then that bill trickles through Viterra and gets paid off to the farmer so that everybody gets—the appropriate party pays for not meeting its commitment, so whether it's the grain company not meeting its commitment or the railway not meeting its commitment, that cash flows through to the appropriate person. I think that's there. It's just done in two different acts. One is yet to be done, and the other one is actually in the process in the Canada Grain Act with what we're doing here.
I don't think putting this in there is going to help things. It is just going to confuse it that much more. Correct me if I'm wrong, but any changes we make can only be done in this meeting with the Canada Transportation Act—is that right?