Mr. Speaker, the bottom line in all this is that producers have to benefit the most of any of the players. Allowing the wheat board to sit behind closed doors and determine the rules for the future of the grain industry would be totally self-serving.
All the studies that have been done have shown the government that freight costs will decrease only when railways and grain companies can negotiate efficient grain movement directly between themselves.
Could the transport minister guarantee those producers out there that his new system will allow the grain companies and railways to negotiate without interference by the government or the wheat board?