Just about. I have just a short bit on the MRE.
While maintaining the MRE is a must, individualizing the railway investment is a good move, but it defies logic that the legislation does not call for regular costing reviews. Tolerating a rail monopoly comes with an obligatory responsibility on the part of government to monitor actual costs to prevent the railways from abusing their monopoly. Efficiency improvements by railways have reduced their costs and have largely come on the backs of farmers. Closing down of inland terminals and forcing farmers to truck their grain further have increased costs for roads for provincial governments and municipalities to the tune of about $600 million of added freight costs for producers from farm gate to elevator.
Thank you, Madam Chair.