Personally, I don't see a reason. I can't get my head past the notion that it will be used only if the primary carrier isn't competitive. All they have to do is be competitive and it's not going to be used. I personally think that we should be able to apply it across Canada without reservation, but I do know that there were some concerns about some of the more densely populated areas in eastern Canada, where you have a large number of shippers in tight proximity and it would create some issues. It could potentially create issues if everybody is applying for an extended interswitch to that interchange. It could be a sort of backdoor way of regulating rates.
On September 12th, 2017. See this statement in context.