I think the previous government wisely put a sunset clause on this because it was brought in to apply to a particular situation. Although the distance prescribed, 160 kilometres, was I think never used—it might have been used once in that period of time—what it did was introduce, if you like, a replacement for what would ordinarily or hopefully be a competitive situation.
The extended distance in the long-haul interswitching would do two things. First of all, it would open up more of the country to competitive rates. Second, it would also open up more commodities. The original provision was specifically, of course, to move grain. Now we have a lot of interest in the mining and forestry sectors in British Columbia, in northern Quebec, etc., and I think there are some amendments coming up that will also address those interests and, in my view anyway, enhance the ability of long-haul interswitching to do what it was intended to do.