It's a very complex issue that would take a lot of discussion, but the current backlog I think is as a result of multiple factors. We've obviously had a very difficult weather situation, over the last four months in particular, with very extreme cold temperatures across the entire country. Also, there's just the overall movement of resource commodities in general, with oil, forestry products, the mining sector, and the grain sector all hitting the transportation system simultaneously.
We have a very inefficient supply chain in general. It's a combination of all the players in the chain: the shippers, the rail system, the ports, the transloaders, the vessels. The entire system is broken and it needs some very significant attention. There are public policy things that need to be done. We're very active in the Canadian Special Crops Association—I'm the chair of that organization—in working with our federal MInister of Agriculture and provincial governments to attempt to have everyone understand railway accountability is something that needs to be ingrained in legislation.
The system whereby the various players in transportation enjoy certain regulatory protections should have a policy mandate. We need to ensure that public policy mandate is met, and we're going to be very actively looking at that.