I can start. This comes back to Mr. Goodale's question as well
In our view, without specifying clearly what a service agreement is, we will end up with endless arbitration, and it won't be in the interests of commercial shippers and it will not be in the interest of the railways. Just to be clear, we don't regard this as regulation. That's not the appropriate word here.
We're looking for a framework within which commercial negotiations can take place successfully with the least amount of government involvement. Whether it's penalties and all the rest of it...my members would be quite happy—they've been very clear with me—to have service agreements and to never, ever have an arbitration, to never have an appeal, to never, ever have the federal agency involved. That is the perfect system for us because we can work with CN and we can work with CP.
This amendment number one, which is the one that we feel is totally essential, would set that playing field, and it would probably be to the benefit of shippers and of railways. It would enable the government to achieve the legislation, the aims they have specified.