Mr. Speaker, it is, in fact, a very important issue, so I appreciate the hon. member raising the question.
At the end of the day, it is all about quality service. It is not good enough when one loads a product into a car and one actually sees seepage because of a container's poor quality. There needs to be more accountability, and that is, in essence, what the individuals who require this service are calling for. Today it is very limited. There is a great imbalance.
This bill is a step in the right direction. The question is whether it is going to be a very small step or a decent-size step? If it is a decent-size step, it would imply that the government is actually going to listen to some of the presenters at the committee stage. For it to be a decent-size step, there will have to be amendments to make this bill better legislation. If we do that, members will be able to address some of the issues my colleague has just raised.
This goes to the core of the issue. Shippers have to have the cars on time. Those cars have to transport that commodity to its destination at any one of Canada's coasts. That has to happen in an efficient manner that does not take away from the quality of the product being transported, which has been an issue raised by many individuals. They want their quality product to arrive in the same condition in which it went into the train. Who can blame them for that? After all, they want to have repeat clientele. They want to continue those agreements well into the future.
For example, members know that prairie farmers produce the best product in the world. They want that best product not only going into the cars but also departing the train as a first-class product.