Agriculture committee  In the regulated grain space, already an area where there is regulation, we're prevented from recouping our investment in grain cars. In economics, it's a free rider problem. We can't recoup our direct investment. That's what we want to have corrected by Bill C-49 on the discrete

Agriculture committee  To follow up briefly on that, when you get to below -25°C, it's not a question so much of preparation as it is of physics. Metal becomes brittle. You're at risk of derailments. Rubber hoses crack and leak. You have to operate more slowly in order to operate safely. That's just on

Agriculture committee  Certainly. Again, we don't think of Bill C-49 as a perfect bill. We think it's a compromise, and an appropriate one. From our perspective, we are eager to go forward and make a capital investment in hopper cars, which is going to increase capacity in the network for grain for t

Agriculture committee  Precisely.

Agriculture committee  That's correct.

Agriculture committee  We sent it directly to the minister as well.

Agriculture committee  My apologies. We will rectify that.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll begin and then pass it over to my colleague James. I'm Jeff Ellis, Chief Legal Officer at Canadian Pacific. I'm joined by James Clements, our Vice-President of Strategic Planning and Transportation Services. Thank you for the opportunity to discuss

Transport committee  If I may, I can say as well—and Sean may have heard similar comments when we were in the U.S. meeting with the American roads in the context of the AAR—that the U.S. roads are also quite concerned with protecting what's already there in terms of NAFTA and volumes to their busines

Transport committee  I'll refer to James.

Transport committee  I'll refer the question to my colleague James Clements.

Transport committee  Yes, I understood your question completely, but I will answer in English, if I may. With regard to fatigue, we take fatigue quite seriously. Our company has been advocating, for example, for a 12-hour maximum workday, as opposed to the current 18 hours. We hope that's going to b

Transport committee  Thank you for the question from the member. I'll refer the question to Keith Shearer.

Transport committee  Similarly, we participated, and we respect the process and the fact that we were consulted. Nonetheless, we do have the issues we've set out.

Transport committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, and good morning. I'm Jeff Ellis, chief legal officer for Canadian Pacific. I am joined by James Clements, our vice-president for strategic planning, and Keith Shearer, our general manager of regulatory. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you t