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Agriculture committee  I think it's important, though, to make the distinction between the two.

June 22nd, 2006Committee meeting

John Dobson

Agriculture committee  I would like to clarify the return on capital that you're talking about. Under the Western Grain Transportation Act, there were cost-based maximum freight rates. One of the cost elements was a return on constant cost, not a return on capital but a return on constant cost, which was set at 20% in the act when the effective rate was probably closer to 25% or 30%, because the railways got productivity gains between costing reviews.

June 22nd, 2006Committee meeting

John Dobson

June 22nd, 2006Committee meeting

John Dobson

Transport committee  The rail would be--

June 1st, 2006Committee meeting

John Dobson

Transport committee  In terms of the $2 per tonne estimate in savings for the revenue cap, that is just an order-of-magnitude estimate that was developed in conjunction with the Canadian Transportation Agency. As you're probably aware, in Bill C-11 there's a provision that allows the government to ask the agency to have a look at the actual maintenance costs and adjust the revenue caps to bring them in line with the actual maintenance expenditures that the railways are incurring.

June 1st, 2006Committee meeting

John Dobson