Grain transport emergency provisions extended

Grain transport emergency provisions extended

Provisions that were set to expire August 1 have been extended another full year

The federal government is extending emergency grain-shipping provisions for another year. The provisions, which included weekly mandatory minimum grain-hauling levels, compensation to shippers for failing to provide service and extended interswitching that encourage competition, were set to expire August 1 with the end of the current crop year. Transport Minister Marc Garneau and Agriculture Minister



vintage newspaper advertisement

Mulroney government axes entire CTC research staff

Our History: March 1987

This advertisement in our March 26, 1987 issue reminds that Lindane-based seed treatments such as Vitavax are no longer registered in Canada. In the news that week, the Mulroney government had axed the Canadian Transport Commission’s entire research staff. This followed slashing of 35 Agriculture Canada research positions the previous year. One analyst noted that

grain cars at a grain elevator terminal

Feds extend railway grain-shipping targets

Most of the industry supports the move, but millers fear it will lead to domestic changes

Ottawa’s last-minute decision to continue setting grain-shipping targets for the railways until March 28, 2015 has the support of western elevator companies and most farm groups, but not Canadian millers. “It’s good news that they are keeping the spotlight on grain transportation for this winter period,” Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator

Grain transportation bill stumbles on procedural glitch

An amendment to compensate shippers for delayed rail service was ruled out of order

Former Conservative MP Brent Rathgeber has tripped up the government’s plan to allow farmers and grain companies to collect compensation from the railways for losses caused by delayed shipments. It proved to be a temporary setback for the government, but it hinges on an important part of how laws are drafted in Canada. Rathgeber, who