Thank you very much for the question. To build on David's theme I think the way we describe ourselves is that we are feeling unique in the shipper community with respect to our degree of captivity and our degree of reliance on the rail transportation system.
As you can appreciate we're in 200 communities in remote parts of our country and nowhere near the main lines in most cases and we're shipping to 180 countries around the world. This is a tremendous logistical challenge, so we're looking at it very comprehensively. Our recommendations will span the scope of what to do with respect to overall access issues. Is the transportation system the right size for the trade-flow shifts that we've been describing in our sector that I'm sure other sectors are seeing as well with the emergence of China, etc.?
Are the service conditions acceptable? Yes, we've had Bill C-52, but as you know that only moved the yardsticks forward so much. Certainly our members are feeling ongoing service issues, so we have recommendations specific to that.
Finally, in this duopoly situation we're facing is it appropriate for one-third or more of the cost structure to be pointed toward transportation costs? So we do have some questions for Mr. Emerson about the rate structure and that sort of thing as well. We think about it as access, service, and rates, and we have a very significant brief on specific recommendations that we'd be happy to submit to the committee if that would be of use to you.