International Trade committee  Yes, I would certainly say that some of the unique challenges that are overcome in Canadian mining in situ, or even on the conventional side of the business, are often innovated first here in Canada. We have some of the harshest climates, some of the biggest resources, and some

International Trade committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the panel members for putting these hearings on. I know it's no small imposition to do a cross-Canada listening and engagement tour, but I think it's very important when we talk about something as important as a trade agreement like this that w

Transport committee  No, that would be 2014, but we would be seeing incremental growth from there.

Transport committee  It wouldn't be a big jump.

Transport committee  We think that $250 million is the right number, when you take into account that the prescribed insurance will be a billion dollars and the $250 million is a top-up above that.

Transport committee  Yes. In this bill it prescribes the insurance requirements for the large railway, for the small railway, and this here is a top-up above that.

Transport committee  Yes. We put in a presentation on this. We would like to see more clarity about how the liability for two parties would be treated.

Transport committee  In this bill it prescribes two things. It prescribes the insurance requirements for railways—

Transport committee  I can confirm with you—we did the rough math, as well, to the question earlier—that it is about 400 to 450 carloads a day of crude oil leaving our producers. As far as the statistics—

Transport committee  No, of 200,000 barrels a day, which is what we're currently sending out on rail on average, that works out to about 400 to 450 carloads.

Transport committee  For specifics on carloads, the railroads would be tracking those numbers. They would have access to the exact....

Transport committee  We believe in the principle put forward in this bill, which is consistent with pipelines, that the shipper takes responsibility for the carrying of the product, and that aligns the responsibility with those who are most able to make the safety changes required to have an excellen

Transport committee  We believe that the railroads carry many products that would fall in the flammable or in the dangerous goods category. Oil by rail is one of them. There are many specs of oil that are being carried, so again we think that when the railways are carrying multiple different products

Transport committee  No. We don't have the exact numbers.

Transport committee  Certainly. We know that only about 5% of our current production is going out on the rails, and our numbers reflect that it's about 200,000 barrels a day. We expect that is going to increase incrementally over time, but today it's about 200,000 barrels.