From 2014 to 2017, less than 1% of traffic in the Prairies actually used extended interswitching. At the time—and we're going to collect more data under this pilot—I don't think we had evidence of that. This time we will be getting information from the railways and from shippers during the pilot so the government can do a full assessment of the impacts, such as whether there is an impact on employment.
On May 2nd, 2023. See this statement in context.