Agriculture committee  I repeat that we are not reacting to political pressure. We provided the notice, we spoke to the communities, and after 45 or 60 days, nobody had contacted us to say that there was a problem or to express their dissent. We could debate whether the notice is an effective tool or

Agriculture committee  We will publish the notice on November 1 so that all of the 53 stations are on the same schedule. That said, you have to understand that, as of today, 40 of the 53 stations can no longer remain open because cars can no longer be ordered. But the switches are still there and will

Agriculture committee  With all due respect, it's also about mitigating our risks so that we don't have a very unfortunate derailment of a freight train in the middle of the Prairies. That's just as important. I appreciate that service to customers is important, but that also has to be practice number

Agriculture committee  We have a claims process today at CN where--

Agriculture committee  The answer is that we have protocols today to respond to customers' claims--

Agriculture committee  Well, we'll check into that. If it's anecdotal, it's one issue, but today when customers have complaints about a product being lost or damaged, these people report to me, so I can tell you that today we have people who deal with claims. I will check tomorrow morning to ensure tha

Agriculture committee  My answer is that I'll ensure that we have a protocol today that respects the right of a shipper to get indemnified for a loss of product. That's the answer. That's what it is today.

Agriculture committee  No doubt, before we put the ads in the paper.... I don't have the details. There would normally be a dialogue, at least, to inform the department that we're doing this. If not, as we put the ads in for the 60 days, we would inform the department to go back and check to confirm th

Agriculture committee  Yes, sure. Absolutely.

Agriculture committee  You're talking about a switch that has to be maintained. The delisted branch line would be something different, but let's talk about the 13 that are still there today. We have no choice but to maintain them at a level where we're sure we can put a rail car into the line without a

Agriculture committee  It comes down to what we call spiking the switch, so it can't be reopened, which is not that expensive, but you still have to inspect the switch once a week. Because if for some reason that spike were to come out and that switch were to be open in a reverse position, and you have

Agriculture committee  It's more than a spike. It's inspecting the branch line itself and inspecting the line. So if it remains open--I'll respond to your question--we can't stop at the switch. If it's listed, we have to go into the branch line and inspect it. So that's your question. We've already tol

Agriculture committee  No, we have to publish a notice in the newspapers in that station's area. That is quite important. After that, we proceed with the closure.

Agriculture committee  We inform the department.

Agriculture committee  Again, I want to be clear that this is not purely an economic analysis. It's also a question of risk mitigation and risk management. We're talking about a switch on the main line serving a branch line that in some cases has not had a car on it for over three years. You can imagin