Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for her question.
Canada's railways are essential to the forestry, mining and agriculture industries. This bill will help those sectors manage supply and demand.
Canada is one of the only countries that has decided to put moving goods ahead of moving people. And we should continue to do so, because our country is so vast. There are some places we simply cannot get to by truck. In northern Ontario, for instance, sometimes the train is the only reliable mode of transportation.
This bill will improve things in that regard. It will give shippers that sign transportation contracts a more level playing field for negotiations with CN and CP, which together earn 94% of train revenues in Canada.