Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  Well, again, it depends on which area you're talking about. I've heard of cars sitting on the sides, not efficiently being used. That is a problem. That's a service issue, in my view. There should be no cars sitting around, because there's lots of product to move. I would say tha

Agriculture committee  Yes. This year, in particular, is going to be a very good test for the system. If there are cracks that emerge, I think they'll become obvious. They are starting to become obvious now, and the Canadian Transportation Act, I believe, will be up for review in 2014. That'll be our n

Agriculture committee  I'll take a stab at that first. It's a great question. That is a critical link to getting products, whether it's fertilizer or canola, or any other commodity, out to our export markets. A well-functioning rail system is critical. There has been some work done and some legislat

Agriculture committee  To follow on your previous question, I mentioned in my presentation that canola is the highest value agricultural commodity, contributing $8.2 billion to farm cash receipts. That's the value of the seed. That's not value-added stuff. Jim's number was the value-added export, just

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and good afternoon to members of the committee. Thank you for inviting me here to speak about the comprehensive economic and trade agreement with the EU. The Canadian Canola Growers Association represents 43,000 canola growers here in Canada and is gove

International Trade committee  Well, we actually.... There's more demand than there is supply right at the present time.

International Trade committee  There is. Yes.

International Trade committee  Then the price goes up for farmers and they do better because of supply and demand—

International Trade committee  —but the price signal will trigger more production as well.

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  As it opens up markets, it's better for canola.

International Trade committee  Well, it could be, but we have to be careful and explain what LLP is. LLP is approved in one market, but not the market of import. So it has already gone through a regulatory process somewhere to make sure it's safe. I'm not familiar enough with the wheat issue—

International Trade committee  I'm not sure.