Jackson vs CN/CP

[agstar77]

Your trying has just pushed every western Canadian farmer deeper in debt.

[farmaholic]

Court of Queen's Bench Alberta
2012 ABQB 652
Date: 20121023
Docket: 1001 05744

Bucket note the date, 2013's dismal performance isn't even pertinent here(very important issue though).

The case was argued over excess charges due to over charging for rolling stock(grain car) maintenance.

Bucket, you said a mouthful about listening to other people's opinions. Thank you!!!!!!

[TOM4CWB]

Agstar77,

And doing nothing... what does this accomplish? As we are all losing billions in any event by doing nothing... it is hard to understand how that might be a helpful solution?

[TOM4CWB]

Farmaholic;

Correct case. We did not achieve a class action status. Told we were out of time... and common-law did not apply... and that we should have gone sooner... even though the class action legislation did not exist in Alberta then. Thanks.

[agstar77]

There is a solution. The threat of open running rights would shake up the RR's but I don't see any political party with the Balls to do it. I really don't see why you are so concerned after all your battles to truck grain across the border, well nothing is stopping you now.

[cottonpicken]

The whole world is one giant greedy bastard anybody shed a tear with the countless farmers in India that drink a few shots of pesticide because of the cost of seed(funny eh tom?)

Business is war jap business men read sun tzu i wish it was different but it's not and no amount is screaming will change it

[TOM4CWB]

Agstar77,

My ambition never was to be a trucker hauling grain thousands of miles. We have a good rail infrastructure. We need to be able to use the investments, that are cost effective and fuel efficient. Over 100 miles.. rail is by far the best means to transport our grain. Hence the need for better rail service. Thanks

[TOM4CWB]

Agstar77,

If we were to provide the locomotives to pull our rail cars... we own... it might be an angle to get our trains we own on CN and CP rails. Dedicated grain trains... that are allowed to go where most needed. Why not lease some Locomotives and get CP on CN crews to run them? BNSF, CN and CP switch like this now.

[bucket]

The federal and provincial governments should have realized years ago that having a trucking industry created is the worst solution to countering the railways arrogance.

Sure jobs are created but factor in the cost of the public highway system and you quickly realize you run deficits or have ruined highways. Well at least I thought someone elected or with a university education as a staffer would realize it. Not so.

The railways have to be reigned in, when they start treating the economy and by extension the people of canada, when they start acting like dictators to government. Which is exactly what is happening.

Do you think mongeau or Harrison have the balls to tell the US STB to **** off like they do here.

Not likely and if you look at CPs rail backlog in the states you know they don't.

It's time for ritz harper and others to straighten out the ceos of the railways.

Their political lives may depend on it although I think most have found a life after politics already.

[agchat]

I will make you a deal Tom. I will join you,(and I am serious) on this hunger strike. If all turns out well, and once our health recovers, then I will do one against C-18, UPOV91. Most on here including myself are dead against that. It will definitely be a cause for the good of farmers. Will you join me in it?

[Hopperbin]

Agchat it could be done simultaneously. Truckersin brazil have many issues.

[TOM4CWB]

Agchat,

So you know better than,

The CFA,

Canadian Canola council,

Grain Growers of Canada,

Secan,

Independent and small seed co's,

C18 was NOT about taking advantage of grain growers... it is about the fair and equitable opportunity for grain growers in Canada to be allowed the opportunity to participate in new Genetics and Technology in the seed world.

You have missed the point. Brown Bag seed sold to another grain grower... under the old rules... or under UPOV91 was illegal.

Will you write the railways?