Mr. Speaker, for the Minister of Transport, grain shipments to the west coast are months behind; 40 ships are stalled at English Bay, costing millions in demurrage; and grain handling and transportation failures have driven prairie prices down by 40%.
Would the Minister of Transport require the railways to lease additional locomotive power and rolling stock for grain? Will she require grain companies to publish their export volumes and justify their grain cheque deductions? Will she take direct responsibility for getting some coordination into a chaotic system that has clearly failed?