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Transport committee I'll add to that. There are several ad hoc working groups and consultation round tables that we participate in. Our members participate with us in representing the association. We work with government and Transport Canada, along with other shippers, to share this message about th
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Lauren van den Berg
Transport committee As I said in the beginning, the interswitching extension did have material cost savings for several of our members, but it's a minority of our members. If you're in that golden sweet spot, then you're golden. You have a more competitive environment to operate in. It provides comp
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Lauren van den Berg
Transport committee I think all of those are exceptionally useful tools, and at the risk of beating a dead horse, I think probably the most important one, coming back to Brendan's point, is the data. It is the fact that operating as captive shippers, which I think all of us around this table would a
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Lauren van den Berg
Transport committee We work very closely with our sister association down south, the American Chemistry Council, and with the STB, the transportation board in the States, to ensure that if we're not on the same page yet, at least we're all in the same book. When we're talking about the thickness o
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Lauren van den Berg
Transport committee I'll add one quick one and cede the floor to Brendan, which is fair because I'm actually picking on something that he spoke about in his opening statement. Building off what Dave said, part of the challenge that our members face is the fact that when they're negotiating with the
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Lauren van den Berg
Transport committee Thanks so much. I'll jump in there. My name is Lauren van den Berg and I'm with the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada. Dave and I are sort of tag-teaming here. I think you raised an excellent point. In fact, the wording of Bill C-30 was designed by its very nature to incl
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Lauren van den Berg