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Is it really true that CN and CP need more money?

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Recently the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) announced that Prairie grain farmers will pay 9.5 per cent more to ship their grain. Based on the 2011 total freight bill under the revenue cap of $952 million, a 9.5 per cent increase means another $90 million straight out of the pockets of Prairie farmers. Based on 31
Cereals, News

Hefty raise for railroads

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Get ready to dig a little deeper to ship this year’s harvest to export ports. The Canadian Transportation Agency has approved a hefty 9.5 per cent raise in the revenue cap, which is the maximum railways can earn from shipping grain, a boost that could cost farmers an extra $87 million or about $3 per
Cereals, News

Freight rate review needed

The Canadian Transportation Agency has approved a 9.5 per cent increase in the railway revenue cap for the coming crop year and that has the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association calling for a review. “This represents a significant jump in freight rates,” said president Kevin Bender. “The government needs to review the components of the revenue cap
Cereals, Crops, News

Class action against railways considered

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Aproposed class-action suit against Canada’s two major railways over grain freight rates was due Feb. 1 in a Calgary courtroom, where it will be decided whether the suit can proceed on all Prairie farmers’ behalf. In a letter to potential “class” members, Regina lawyer Tony Merchant said the certification hearing in Alberta Court of Queen’s
Cereals, News

CTA issues revenue cap report

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Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) exceeded what it’s allowed to earn hauling western Canadian grain to port by $1.25 million last crop year (2010-11), while Canadian National (CN), was $913,447 under. The results didn’t surprise Ian McCreary, a former Canadian Wheat Board elected director and farmer at Bladworth, Sask. “Rail competition just isn’t there,” he said
Cereals, News

Ending CWB Monopoly Brings Big Changes

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Next August 1 ushers in what is arguably the most radical policy shift in Western Canada s grain industry since the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly was created nearly 69 years ago. Western wheat, durum and barley farmers will have marketing freedom. What then? Farmers and the industry are divided over whether it will usher in
Crops

Private Member’s Bill Aims To Save Railway Sidings

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Aprivate member s bill aimed at saving railway sidings so farmers can use them to load producer cars was introduced in the House of Commons Sept. 21. I think this has pretty broad support among those people who represent rural constituencies, says Liberal MP Ralph Goodale, who is behind bill C-28, an act to amend
Cereals, Opinion

CWB Director Has His Facts Wrong

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In the Jan. 6 issueManitoba Co-operator,Canadian Wheat Board-elected director Bill Woods takes aim at the railways for what he calls “slick accounting.” Unfortunately, Woods has his facts wrong, which makes his whole argument meaningless. The annual review of regulated rail rates and charges showed that the revenue of CN and CP came in under the
Cereals, News

Easter Wants Transport Canada At Ag Committee

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If Transport Canada declines another invitation to appear before the House of Commons’ agriculture committee, it will be subpoenaed to appear, according to Liberal Agriculture Critic Wayne Easter. “The fact of the matter is when a parliamentary committee invites a department to come before it they’re expected to come,” Easter told reporters Dec. 13 during
Cereals, News

Revenue Cap Accounting Questioned

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CN and CP won’t face penalties for exceeding their revenue caps in the crop year that ended July 31, even though farmers paid about $6 per tonne above those caps to ship their grain. The railways collectively were $5.4 million or 17 cents a tonne under the Canadian Transportation Agency’s (CTA) revenue cap of almost

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