My name is Wade Sobkowich, and I'm with the Western Grain Elevator Association.
I've been talking a lot about the railcar capacity lately, in the media and to anybody who will listen.
The problem we're seeing is one with two different factors. It's supply of railcar capacity versus demand for railcar capacity, given the size of the crop. We have the biggest crop in western Canada that we've seen, and we are struggling to get that grain to our customers overseas. The railways are providing between 5,000 and 5,500 cars each per week. If you look at the historical numbers of railcars that they've provided within the last five years, it's on the high end. Many people will agree that we're providing a lot of railcars.
The problem is that our demand for railcars is well above that. It is true that if you look at the most recent week of demand versus supply of railcar capacity, we're supplying less than half the demand. Now it's important to understand in the most recent week—