Agriculture committee  I can echo that a little bit. That's pretty well said, but as far as the impact goes, when I mentioned corridors, I'm lucky because I'm in a corridor where they get quick turnaround, so I will get my grain shipped quicker if there's an incident. There are a lot of other areas of

Agriculture committee  Yes, we've been hearing about it. That's why I said the whole chain has to be engaged. It's not just the railways. It's the ports.

Agriculture committee  It's the terminals. Another issue I see coming is the capacity of the railways. We're having another “800 million tonnes a year” terminal being built in Vancouver, at the port. Across the Prairies they are building inland terminals to feed that 800 million tonnes. Railway capaci

Agriculture committee  It would be hard to quantify exactly what the cost is. Every farm is different, and a lot of us are shipping at different periods, depending on when we've marketed our grain. If we don't move our grain, we don't pay our bills, and then we have to take out bridge loans to get th

Agriculture committee  Good morning, and thank you for inviting me to present on this important issue. I'm glad to be here representing the Grain Growers of Canada, 65,000 grain farmers from coast to coast. My name is David Bishop, and my wife, Mary, and I farm in Barons, Alberta. We produce cereals,