Madam Chair, this section and this amendment have to do with access to competing railways. We heard an awful lot of testimony about long-haul interswitching. I think we would all agree that we heard from many of our witnesses that they thought this bill got a number of things right in many ways, but that the long-haul interswitching remedy was creating a lot of problems for our shippers, and in particular that the long-haul interswitching remedy in Bill C-49 is far less user-friendly.
I believe this amendment is being put forward to ensure that the extended interswitching that our shippers have come to enjoy remains in some way, shape, or form a remedy for them.