We could have gone back further than that and extended it to when they sunsetted in July, just to keep things on an even keel.
The problem we had in 2013-14 was cash flow for farmers, but there were also 60-some boats sitting on the west coast charging huge dollars in demurrage, waiting to be loaded. That's what led to the minimum weekly numbers. It's a very blunt instrument. We were very fortunate in that crop year that the tonnage was all of similar grade. There wasn't a lot of blending required, so it was just a matter of getting the tonnage to Vancouver, onto the boats, and gone.
At the end of the day, that left secondary lines and short lines coming up short. Ian was just talking about that too. Short lines always face the brunt of not getting the cars they need to move that product, and they serve a tremendous area. I know in the CP case that the southern part of the Prairies is a tremendous catchment area. I think there are six or seven short lines that feed in, and they're not used to the extent that they could be. There are elevators out there on those lines. Some of them were farmer-owned terminals, and still are, and they need access to do that.
The minister does have some tools that could be put in play now while waiting for the Senate to make its move. He could reinforce the 160-kilometre interswitching. He could talk about volumes that have to be met, although maybe not to the same extent, because I understand that there are only 40 boats sitting there now, maybe not all for grain.
At the end of the day, there are tools that he can put into play while he waits for the Senate to finally get around to doing something, and it may actually put some pressure on the Senate to finally move as well.