Agriculture committee  I want to re-emphasize what Wade said because in your example, if the truck didn't come on time, you have lots of competitors you could go to. I don't have those competitors in the rail system. I have one or two choices at best. There are no options. I still call it a little bit

Agriculture committee  This is a topic that I'd like to defer to Wade and Cam. They're the experts on this. We feel we need to take a closer look to see what the regulations will be to be able to comment on it. I know they have some input on this, so I'll pass it on to them.

Agriculture committee  It will be a huge benefit to our crop oats, especially given that because a lot of the stuff is grown along that border corridor we will need some time to clear up the backlog, so that everybody catches up before we see the competition out there. But give it some time. We will.

Agriculture committee  I think one of the things you had was the perfect makings of a perfect storm. You had huge demands for our crops offshore, so farmers responded by growing. We had a tremendous crop come in, much higher than anybody anticipated. Nobody anticipated the huge demand, and we also had

Agriculture committee  I want to say the same thing, as far as where it's going. Some of the corridors are being serviced very well, but Pulse Canada was saying it was having troubles. We're having massive troubles with oats going into the south. I was talking to a producer in the Peace River area who

Agriculture committee  I think it's important when we deal with contracts that we don't worry about the fines as much as making commitments. Most of us have contracts in our daily walk, and very few are exercised. I think it's important that we get a relationship built up and a system in place whereby

Agriculture committee  Mr. Chairman, I'd like to thank the committee for inviting me here today in my roles as president of Prairie Oat Growers as well as an executive member of Grain Growers of Canada and also as a farmer. The transportation crisis has affected all commodities and is damaging Canada'