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Transport committee It is, yes.
February 28th, 2013Committee meeting
Claude Mongeau
Transport committee I am concerned it will do the reverse. I am concerned it will stifle the innovation and the strong push for supply chain collaboration that we've seen over the last few years. Any time you create a mechanism that allows a shipper to have a commercial negotiation on the one hand
February 28th, 2013Committee meeting
Claude Mongeau
Transport committee We almost joined the coalition.
February 28th, 2013Committee meeting
Claude Mongeau
Transport committee We lose it to trucks. We lose it to pipelines. We lose it to a combination of trucks and railroads. We lose it to other railroads. We lose it because we compete in every business we deal with. It only takes a regulatory lawyer like François to tell us that we are in a non-funct
February 28th, 2013Committee meeting
Claude Mongeau
Transport committee [Inaudible—Editor]
February 28th, 2013Committee meeting
Claude Mongeau
Transport committee All of our chemical companies are sharing the business between CN and CP. That's true of Dow. That's true of NOVA. That's true of every chemical company. I don't know that we have one that has 100% with one carrier, and more than two-thirds are served by the two railroads, and we
February 28th, 2013Committee meeting
Claude Mongeau
Transport committee It's quite simple. All transportation contracts, in all sectors, are reached without government intervention and without arbitration. The fact that we still have some residual regulation in the railway sector has to do with history. The fact that associations are asking parliamen
February 28th, 2013Committee meeting
Claude Mongeau
Transport committee Could I maybe just shed light on the issue? Parties in a commercial agreement are free to come to terms on all aspects of an agreement. The same way that all the shippers cannot have an arbitrated solution with trucking, or an arbitrated solution with airlines, or an arbitrated s
February 28th, 2013Committee meeting
Claude Mongeau
Transport committee Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for having me today. I did not join the Coalition of Rail Shippers, but I'm pleased to be with my colleagues from a range of sectors. I will take every minute that Mr. Facette has not used, if I could, Mr. Miller, and go through a quick presen
February 28th, 2013Committee meeting
Claude Mongeau
Transport committee I'm joking. I run CN, which is the largest Canadian railroad, and I believe it is the true backbone of the Canadian economy. I believe the rail industry is absolutely essential to our country's prosperity. We have long distances in Canada to cover and rail is a very important pa
February 28th, 2013Committee meeting
Claude Mongeau