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Editorial: Shedding light on the heated debate of grain freight rates

By Laura Rance-Unger August 4, 2015

One of the most heated farm policy debates of late has been over the fate of the maximum revenue entitlement (MRE) keeping a lid on grain freight rates. In the debate that emerged from the abysmal railway performance through the winter of 2013-14, axing the MRE has increasingly been portrayed as a quid pro quo

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Railway legislation passes, more squabbling down the track

By Alex Binkley June 27, 2013

The Senate has given final approval to legislation to require the freight railways to offer service agreements to their customers, but squabbling over details of the law is expected to continue. To shippers, the law didn’t go far enough while the railways warned it would interfere with normal commercial relationships. Transport Canada will now have

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Rail freight bill rolls closer to final approval

By Alex Binkley June 19, 2013

Although they pointed out plenty of shortcomings, opposition parties have supported final approval of legislation to balance commercial negotiations between railways and their freight customers. The Conservatives had shunted the Fair Rail Freight Service Act through all stages of the parliamentary process over the last six months without accepting any amendments from the opposition parties,

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Rail freight bill chugs ahead

By Alex Binkley April 26, 2013

Shippers say they’re disappointed their proposed amendments to the Fair Rail Freight Service Act have been rejected — but hopeful the legislation will see a substantial improvement in rail service. “We are still supportive of this legislation moving forward,” said Richard Phillips, executive director of the Grain Growers of Canada. “We are calling on both

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Shippers suggest amendments to beef up Fair Rail Freight Service Act

By Allan Dawson March 28, 2013

The worst rail service in three years prompted shippers to propose amendments to toughen Bill C-52, the Fair Rail Freight Service Act, to help balance their relationship with the railways, says Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA). “Service is very poor on both railroads,” he said in an interview March

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Rail service getting worse, shippers charge

By Alex Binkley March 25, 2013

Shippers say it’s no coincidence that service has deteriorated since introduction of legislation giving them more leverage

Freight service improved when Ottawa was preparing legislation last year to balance the market power of shippers and the railways, but has since slipped back to unsatisfactory levels, shipper representatives say. As “recently as two weeks ago we had mills just about shut down because they couldn’t get boxcars in Western Canada, and not just

Opinion

Letters, Jan. 3, 2013

January 4, 2013

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Rail bill still coming, minister insists

November 9, 2012

Transport Minister Denis Lebel says long-promised legislation to balance the market power of the railways and their customers will be introduced this fall. Shippers have expressed concern that a deputy minister shuffle will delay the legislation until next year, when it could be sidelined by a rail costing review already scheduled for 2013. They’re pushing

News, Opinion

Bureaucratic shuffle may mean continued delay of rail bill

By Alex Binkley October 26, 2012

A shuffle at the top rank of Transport Canada has shippers worried that long-promised legislation to balance the market power of the railways and their customers will be delayed. Louis Levesque will move from deputy minister for international trade to the same post at Transport Canada Nov. 12, replacing Yaprak Baltacioglu, who will become secretary

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No shipper-railway consensus on service agreements

By Alex Binkley July 20, 2012

Shippers and the railways remain divided on what should be included in federal legislation to improve freight service, says a report presented to Transport Minister Denis Lebel. Jim Dinning, a former Alberta cabinet minister appointed last fall to facilitate discussions between the carriers and their customers on freight service agreements, said some progress was made

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Editorial: Shedding light on the heated debate of grain freight rates

Railway legislation passes, more squabbling down the track

Rail freight bill rolls closer to final approval

Rail freight bill chugs ahead

Shippers suggest amendments to beef up Fair Rail Freight Service Act

Rail service getting worse, shippers charge

Letters, Jan. 3, 2013

Rail bill still coming, minister insists

Bureaucratic shuffle may mean continued delay of rail bill

No shipper-railway consensus on service agreements

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