John Barlow at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On November 7th, 2024. See this statement in context.

November 7th, 2024 / 9 a.m.

Conservative

John Barlow Conservative Foothills, AB

Thank you.

I want to switch gears now and go to Mr. Youzwa or to Wade.

I know the ask is for the interswitching pilot that ends later this spring to be extended by 30 months.

Wade, as you mentioned, we had the Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act from 2014 to 2017. It clearly showed that extended interswitching works. It solved a problem that you termed catastrophic. That was a move by the previous Conservative government.

I'm curious about why the ask is to extend the pilot for another 30 months when I think it's been proven that this works. Why not just ask for this to be made permanent?

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