Agriculture committee  Yes, that's right. We nearly doubled our terminal capacity seven or so years ago. A number of our competitors with grain elevators at their Vancouver port facilities actually did the same thing. The industry has made significant investments in infrastructure.

Agriculture committee  The grain elevator at our port terminal facilities in Vancouver could accommodate twice as much grain coming in by rail. We have a lot of unused capacity.

Agriculture committee  As you mentioned, it's all about balance. Despite our best intentions, we need to be realistic about what we can do in every region and what the most effective way is to provide those populations with the food they need. In some places, the challenges can revolve around geograph

Agriculture committee  As far as rail goes, the Western Grain Elevator Association and others have made a number of recommendations, so I would encourage you to take a look at those. That said, we need to improve the level of rail performance. It may be a good idea to consider increased competition.

Agriculture committee  The exports continue to be strong. We have to remember that, in Canada, over the last six months or so, we've had a short crop. We've had production reduced by about 40%. We talked about the food-versus-fuel issue. A lot of our production, now, is being called for by the biofue

Agriculture committee  I don't think it's necessarily a question of exporters' profits being increased by that 50%, 60% or more that you're seeing. What we're doing is selling and buying at.... The selling price of the commodity matches, to a large extent, the purchase price we have to pay to be able t