Agriculture committee  I can start. One of the biggest challenges we had was how we work with our customers and communicate in terms of creating expectations and an understanding of capacity. We had what we called an open-request system for car orders back then, and the numbers that people brought to

Agriculture committee  On our side, we would agree that it was more than just weather. There was volume. As we mentioned, we're seeing in some specific parts of our network a very focused increase in demand. We're performing in the northern parts of our operating territory at 30% more grain volume than

Agriculture committee  We have made the letter available on our website. We did so by the 15th. I can get the link for the committee so that you can find where we posted it. We made that available, along with a white paper on the current—

Agriculture committee  Thanks, Jeff. Honourable members, we are pleased to report that our rail network performance is improving. The grain supply chain is on the road to recovery Our operations team has been focused on moving grain and working extremely hard to rebound from the weather challenges i

Transport committee  We would say that on long-haul interswitching—I'm doing rough numbers in my head—over 20% of our revenue is at least exposed to the potential to connect to a U.S. carrier.

Transport committee  A large portion of it goes into safety, because even if you're putting in new rail or ties, it is improving the quality of the basic infrastructure.

Transport committee  I would look to my colleague.

Transport committee  I would echo those comments that transportation can play a role in NAFTA. Why are we giving up concessions on market access to the Canadian rail network in the middle of a negotiation with somebody who is a tough negotiator?

Transport committee  All right. We haven't seen any major rail line consolidation in North America since the late 1990s. As a company, we have attempted a couple of consolidations with eastern U.S. carriers. In the long term, we think consolidation is something that is likely to happen, given the com

Transport committee  I would argue the question this way. If I were looking at it from a U.S. carrier's chair—if I were the strategic planning individual at the Norfolk Southern—I wouldn't be interested in a Canadian carrier; I'd be looking west. You could have transcontinental mergers in the U.S. Th

Transport committee  I think it would increase the density and competitiveness of the U.S. network, if they could combine and our regulatory environment didn't prevent that.

Transport committee  I'll make a couple of comments. I'll answer that last question first. The interesting scenario that happened is that we had negotiated commercial rates. I'm going to use the Burlington Northern into Lethbridge as an example. There were products moving in and out of Lethbridge un

Transport committee  In the Lethbridge area, we saw an impact. If you looked at the whole of the system, it was relatively small. However, in the Lethbridge area where you had Coutts, where the Burlington Northern connects, if you took that as a percentage, it was more significant than elsewhere. Aga

Transport committee  To 160 kilometres, but I can follow up with statistics.

Transport committee  We saw a significant percentage in that localized region move over. It was a regular occurrence, with traffic moving on a regular basis in and out of there. We have moved a little away from that. The first comment I wanted to make overall—