Jeff Watson at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

On March 26th, 2013. See this statement in context.

March 26th, 2013 / 5 p.m.

Conservative

Jeff Watson Conservative Essex, ON

I am looking at Liberal-1 and NDP-1 for a moment, which form the basis of the first issue raised by the Coalition of Rail Shippers, effectively defining adequate and suitable accommodation and service obligations.

I take particular note in the way that it's done, “a railway shall be considered to have fulfilled the service obligations referred to...if it has carried them out in a manner that meets the rail transportation needs of the shipper”. Does this effectively vault the right of the shipper, if you will, above network operations in the consideration of obligations?

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