Commuter rail lines have been an issue for cities that are running out of room for automobiles--that would be Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal. This is an attempt to provide a backstop. So if the parties can't negotiate themselves, they can apply to the agency to set a fair rate, given the cost of providing that service and any impact it has on the freight line. This is a North American problem, by the way. Freight lines sometimes don't mix too well with passenger lines, as you can guess.
We'll try to determine a fair cost for what the commuter line is asking the railway to do and give the commuter corporation the opportunity to access those rail lines for a compensated fee. Each case would be treated in a separate way. Analysts would go out and say, “What does this mean?” It's designed to give the railways their normal rate of return on access to their asset but not an unreasonable rate of return. That would certainly be the intent of the members who make that judgment, and our costing analysts, who are familiar with railway costing, will provide some of that data.
We work on a natural justice process, so both sides will be given an opportunity to put their points across, and from that we would hope to reach a decision. That's the intent of the bill.