Transport committee  I think one element of the bill relates to a liability cap. As has been alluded to, we have a common carrier obligation, so we have no choice but to move goods that are tendered to the railway, and obviously that includes dangerous goods. The quid pro quo for being essentially co

Transport committee  That's a very, very good question. Shippers have a number of recourses under law, and one of those is final offer arbitration. We have been focused on liability in our negotiations, and in a number of cases these contracts have been brought forward for final offer arbitration,

Transport committee  There was a consultation process that Transport Canada led, which we provided written comments to. Obviously we don't sit down with the drafters of legislation. I think our concerns relate to some of the drafting, but we did provide written input into the department in terms of m

Transport committee  That was one item we would have liked.

Transport committee  We got an answer when we saw the legislation.

Transport committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and committee members. My name is Robert Taylor, and I'm the AVP for North American advocacy at CP. We operate a 22,000-kilometre network throughout Canada and the United States. In 2014, we moved over 2.7 million carloads of traffic. I am proud t