Agriculture committee  Shall I give you these titles now or at the end of the...?

Agriculture committee  There are separate operating agreements for each government--the federal government, the province of Saskatchewan, the province of Alberta, and the Wheat Board--and none of those owners can get the maintenance records from the railroads. They've all tried.

Agriculture committee  In the North American continent cars are leased under two basic leases. A net service lease is one in which the railroads are responsible for the maintenance. The full service lease is one in which the owner of the car is responsible for the maintenance. Our business plan is bas

Agriculture committee  We have discussed that over and over with Transport Canada. An application was required to the Association of American Railroads for that work to be done. That application was filled out by the Saskatchewan Grain Car Corporation officials and given to Transport Canada. The applic

Agriculture committee  We, like you, listen to the radio, but I think it has to come from the government themselves who they intend to have replace the cars. It doesn't really matter what the radio said. I think for everybody's sake, everybody around this table, the government has to come forward and s

Agriculture committee  Well, it goes back to 1972. I don't like going back that far, but that was why the federal government, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the Wheat Board started buying cars, because the railroads weren't dedicating. In a competitive market, the cars go to the highest-value product. If y

Agriculture committee  Actually, it is homogenous. Once they go in, they go into a common fleet. So the 2,500 to 2,600 cars the railroads have in grain service.... The federal government cars don't go to any particular location. They're in the pool. They are allocated to wherever, so it is a homogenous

Agriculture committee  We knew the agreement was under review. Mr. Green, the president of CP Rail, said in Winnipeg at Agricore United, that they were going to do everything in their power to nix the deal, so we knew there was a move to nix the deal. We got half an hour's notice before the minister ma

Agriculture committee  We were negotiating in good faith, and I believe they were also, from March 9 until the agreement was struck. Then the election appeared on the horizon, and things came to a standstill. We had one meeting in January of this year before the election, but they were privy to all the

Agriculture committee  We just want all the information on the table, and that's why we have brought these. We would like them brought forward, but I certainly think there are still some things that can be added to the decision and the announcement, and we're here to work with whoever it takes to make

Agriculture committee  That's the same report.

Agriculture committee  No, I've got three reports.

Agriculture committee  No, these two are in the hands of Transport Canada. This is the study of what would happen to the revenue cap if a plan like the FRCC was put forward toward the cars. The second report, which is still confidential, is the QGI report on the inspection of the cars. This is the

Agriculture committee  If I could, I'll just follow up on your comment about the farmers in your constituency. I guess the fact that the announcement was silent on replacement, who is going to replace them.... Nobody knows. I think that's one thing that has to be clarified in the minds of farmers. I'm

Agriculture committee  These were developed after March 9, 2005, in negotiations with Transport Canada. We had an agreement on confidentiality. These reports were done at the request of Transport Canada. They are in Transport Canada's hands. You are in control of Transport Canada. So they're not ours t