Transport committee  Going back to your previous question on capacity, when you look at the U.S. marketplace, both CN and CP do have rail lines into the U.S., but with this loss, as Ms. Block mentioned about the 160-kilometre interswitching, we're missing opportunities right now to get grain in there

Transport committee  Thank you. I don't grow oats. I find them one of the itchiest crops around. Barley is much better shovelling than oats.

Transport committee  It's a very good point. I get market updates three or four times a day. I have market advice coming to me. I look at the opportunities for future contracts for my crops. Usually a certain percentage every spring already has a forward contract. I'm looking at my financial timeline

Transport committee  I believe that there has been. We had data.... Sorry sir, I can't think of the number that we stated in grain loss sales from the 2014 crop year, but it was a significant amount of dollars. As Cam mentioned, it's our reputation. There are harvests going on somewhere within the

Transport committee  I don't really agree with that. We're seeing just with the ability of our farming community the adoption of technologies that have really advanced how we as farmers take care of soils yet provide some of the best-quality crops in the world, and we're increasing those crops. We'

Transport committee  I totally agree with that. When we talk about CN and CP both providing that data to the Surface Transportation Board in the U.S., it's no different from what they could be providing to us. When you look at Quorum Group, which is supported through the federal government, their r

Transport committee  I disagree with the previous two comments. Thank you.

Transport committee  Actually, I think they're over 40 years, some of them. They have been modified and they have been upgraded, but within the next 10 to 15 years, we're going to see the majority of our cars decommissioned.

Transport committee  Thank you. I agree with the previous comments. When you look at what we heard in December, when this bill was announced, it was really a godsend. It hit a lot of the avenues we've been searching for. When you look at reciprocal penalties, look at data collection, and is it “adequ

Transport committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, and committee members. Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments on this important bill. Grain Growers of Canada represents 50,000 grain, pulse, corn, oilseed, and soybean farmers from across Canada. We have members from the Atlantic provinces to

Transport committee  Good morning. I'm Jeff Nielsen, I'm a producer in Olds, Alberta, and president of Grain Growers of Canada. I'm here with my executive director, Fiona Cook.