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Nitty-gritty details in Bill C-49

The revenue cap stays, but railways can include the cost of new hoppers

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It took a few days of intense review for the Western Grain Elevators Association (WGEA) before giving its blessing to the Transportation Modernization Act. Others were equally meticulous. “Every word does matter, and the order of the words matters,” Greg Cherewyk, Pulse Canada’s chief operating officer, said in an interview. And while Pulse Canada also
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Ottawa to keep revenue cap on grain shipments by rail

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Ottawa | Reuters — The Canadian government introduced draft legislation on grain transportation on Tuesday that would keep in place a revenue cap on western grain that railways haul for export. The grain revenue cap, or “maximum revenue entitlement” (MRE), has been in place since 2000 and is intended to balance the market power of
Farm groups hope the legislation will continue to allow interswitching, 
the ability of railways to use each other’s tracks.
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New transport bill expected this week

Prairie grain shippers are counting on amendments to the Canada Transportation Act to improve rail service

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The federal government’s long-awaited proposals for improving railway shipping of western grain were expected this week in proposed amendments to the Canada Transportation Act. “An act to amend the Canada Transportation Act and other acts respecting transportation and to make related and consequential amendments to other acts,” was added to the House of Commons notice
Cereals, News

Transportation bill to be ambitious package

Despite a tight timeline the transport minister is still promising action before the summer recess

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While offering no details, Transport Minister Marc Garneau says seven key issues for the grain sector will be included in a bill on rail service to be introduced in Parliament this spring. In a letter to the Commons transport committee, Garneau said, “I look forward to presenting this legislation, which will support a more transparent,
"I understand from talking to Manitoba producers that in some areas grain shipping is as bad as 2013-14." – Dan Mazier
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KAP alleges poor rail service in southwest Manitoba

However, the grain monitor says on the whole grain movement this crop year has been decent

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Rail service for grain in southwestern Manitoba has been bad in recent months, Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Dan Mazier said during the farm group’s advisory council here April 20. “I understand from talking to Manitoba producers that in some areas grain shipping is as bad as 2013-14,” Mazier said in his opening address. “Some
Railway in fog
Comment, Crops

False premises don’t help rail discussion

The real solution will involve commercial partnerships, not central planning by government

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Gord Gilmour’s recent editorial (‘Playing with trains,’ February 16, 2017) makes some valid points related to Canada’s grain supply chain. We agree that canola crush has been good for farmers, and the supply chain has been resilient this winter. Unfortunately, Gilmour also perpetuates unhelpful fallacies, and he advocates policies that would hinder the performance of
Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Playing with trains

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With spring just around the corner, it’s becoming clear a big wreck in grain shipping is unlikely this winter. Despite a 76-million-tonne crop to move, big blizzards and those infamous periods of frigid winter temperatures, the system has held together. Mark Hemmes of grain monitor firm Quorum said in a recent article in the Co-operator
An Alberta farmer says plenty of grain is moving through Western Canada — but too much of it is U.S. grain.
Cereals, News

Is U.S. grain eating up Canadian rail capacity?

Not according to CP Rail, which on average moves two trains of American grain through Western Canada daily

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An Alberta farmer alleges Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) isn’t moving Canadian grain in a timely way because it’s preoccupied shipping American grain through Western Canada — an allegation CP denies. The Carstairs-area farmer asked not to be identified fearing it might reveal his source. The farmer said according to his source every day CP brings
Measuring changes in the grain transportation system
Cereals, News

Measuring changes in the grain transportation system

Grain monitor proves that better data collection can drive change and improvement

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The business adage that you can’t change what you don’t measure seems to fit the Prairie grain transportation system. In a presentation to the annual conference of the Canadian Agriculture Economics Society, Mark Hemmes, president of Quorum Corp., which tracks the performance of the grain transportation and handling system for Transport Canada, used the numbers
The Canadian Transportation Agency has been told to reconsider level-of-service complaints against CN after the original findings were struck down in court.
Cereals, News

Appeal Court reverses CTA rulings against CN

The Federal Court of Appeal says the regulatory agency made errors in assessing car shortfalls in 2014

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The Federal Court of Appeal has struck down rulings by the Canadian Transportation Agency that CN breached a level-of-service obligation in early 2014. The CTA said the failure was related to supplying two Prairie grain companies with sufficient hopper cars during the frigid early months of 2014. Justice Marc Nadon ruled the CTA “made unreasonable

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