Transport committee  In our case I think it's difficult to say what the impacts will be. What we have said is that there's a lot of ambiguity there. We believe that if we want to realize the intent we should remove that ambiguity and tighten things up as much as possible. At a minimum, if the commit

Transport committee  And a half.

Transport committee  Windsor-Quebec, for instance, is a very long distance, and while you might have two class 1s reasonably close together, I would have to even calculate the distance in the centre like Toronto. Elsewhere in that corridor those distances are easily beyond that. The short answer is

Transport committee  It's hard to quantify a specific disadvantage from a specific measure. What do we know? I mentioned earlier that our industry has seen over $250 billion of new investment in the United States in the last five years. Historical patterns say Canada should have seen 10% of that. We

Transport committee  From our perspective, short-line railways are very important, and we've stressed that their importance has been underplayed in the transportation 2030 agenda. Many of our producers carry product on that crucial first mile, and more important, when you're trying to reach a forest

Transport committee  Here are two quick responses from us. Then we'll turn it over to our colleagues. First, what we feel is very important, and the provisions in Bill C-49 will help with this, is the data access and timeliness to support decision-making. Anecdotally, our view is that the Port of Va

Transport committee  Absolutely. We mentioned in our submission and our comments what we think. If the desire is create a more competitive relationship and more balanced relationship between shippers and carriers, why put in other additional limitations? This is not a competitive marketplace. We sho

Transport committee  Absolutely.

Transport committee  From our perspective, as I mentioned, we have a very heterogeneous industry. It's from coast to coast. It's very complex, with a large number of different products. Our view is that this strikes the right balance in the measures that are proposed. If they can be adjusted as discu

Transport committee  I think in our comments we provided some suggestion. In our written submission, we suggested that the ambiguity be removed, and we'd speak of the highest reasonable level of rail service that could be provided. Perhaps Ms. Edwards could expand on that.

Transport committee  Again, I'll turn to Ms. Edwards. She spends a lot of time with the folks involved in the transportation agency and is in a better position to speak on our members' behalf.

Transport committee  This is a great question to turn over to Ms. Edwards. She is an expert not only on Bill C-49 but also on all matters on dangerous goods. Kara, are you comfortable with that?

Transport committee  If I could, I'll just add an anecdote to help you understand that. Styrene is another dangerous good. Previously, shippers in Canada would only ship that by rail. Our industry had a company in the Kelowna area of British Columbia. They took that styrene and turned it into resins

Transport committee  That's correct.

Transport committee  This is a question that came up in discussions previously. Does Canada need something that the U.S. has that we don't have? There are a number of factors that say, yes, we do need it. To answer the question from Madam Block, yes, we need it urgently. The United States has a numb