Agriculture committee  Absolutely.

Agriculture committee  They're unhappy also, whether it's high port dwell with containers in Vancouver, ships in the Burrard Inlet, or lumber sitting on the ground that needs to be moved. This is a capacity and resiliency issue. If you get the right number of locomotives, people, and cars, then the fas

Agriculture committee  Good morning, everyone. Thanks for the invitation. How are we doing? The crop year is off to a very strong start, in spite of some challenges caused by early weather issues across western Canada, which, in some regions, delayed the harvest by many weeks. To this point, CN is on

Agriculture committee  I could start, Joan. I think the two railways understand that to make the supply chain work, they collectively have to work with each other to get the right grain to the port at the right time. When it comes to sharing, we talk daily. We talk weekly. We share information to make

Agriculture committee  Our goal is to maximize every asset we have to get more grain to the port, both companies and with our producer shipping companies.

Agriculture committee  It's the same with us. We also have air compressor cars. We increased our fleet. These are boxcars with air compressors that, again, can be used either at the end, to Joan's point, or mid-train. We increased our fleet this year by 33%, as well as purchasing new distributed power

Agriculture committee  No, I think it's the capacity of the entire supply chain. It's how quick the crane cars can be unloaded at the port terminals. It's the distance once you take away the short cycle going to Thunder Bay, where you now have to move those cars to eastern Canada or to places in the U.

Agriculture committee  All parts of the supply chain have to add and create capacity. We feel that we're doing our part in terms of the rail infrastructure, the people and the locomotives. It's not a matter of a shortage. It's what the entire supply chain actually can handle.

Agriculture committee  I think it's a little early. We railways don't dictate necessarily where cars go. We take an order from a shipper and we move it to where they direct us to move it to.

Agriculture committee  It's one year.

Agriculture committee  Our view on investment is such that we're prepared to make the investments, as we showed this year. We look at business volumes and longevity. We look at so many things that we are prepared to spend the money to continue to do, whether it's to close the gap or to improve the over

Agriculture committee  We see the growth opportunities. We'll always be aligned with whatever there is to grow and provide a better service.

Agriculture committee  Do you want me to start, Joan?

Agriculture committee  I can't put a number on how many trains or what kind of commodity has been delayed as a result. However, it is an extremely important part of our safety focus. We have undertaken various pilots with our operating unions, not just pilot projects but scheduling schemes in various m

Agriculture committee  Whether it's LPG or other chemicals, we work extremely closely with our customers to get the proper forecast, because that goes back into building the right infrastructure and hiring the right number of people. Nothing comes on as a surprise necessarily. We work very hard, thou