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    The railways win again! Didn't expect farmers to win!

    Watch all in attendance pat each other on the
    back! Wink wink no good questions from
    reporters! News conference ends! But ag canada
    announces help for the horse industry for shows!
    We'll done! We can all hitch our horse to our
    wagons and haul grain!
    Not much thought went into this, 100000 per day
    short. All they have to do is send. Few oil trains
    instead and make up the big fine their!
    It was a start that the order in council is a start
    and maybe the railways will start ramping up
    again since spring is here! I know ours will move
    now in May during seeding! It will cost me money
    since I will have to hire custom truckers because
    we will be seeding! No problem I'll do my part and
    deliver then on fall contract. The railways
    yesterday in the full page add said every one has
    to do their part we'll as a farmer I will!
    So yes it's something good that could have been
    put in place last December when all knew the
    situation but that's Ottawa don't expect any thing
    fast.
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    #2
    What I find funny is it comes a day after
    pipe line Co's announce they are going to
    ship oil east by reversing oil in line
    and just when the oil is not going to be
    in as big of demand in the east for
    heating fuel.

    Next question is: is your elevator full
    of the grain that is needed for the next
    boat or the one that is down the line and
    won't be loaded for 5 wks.

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      #3
      Don't think I'm not happy they finally got the
      message that their is a problem! Thank you for
      finally seeing that! 5 weeks puts us Easter so
      don't think Good Friday their open but Easter
      Monday were a go! Time will tell if this works but
      they need a solid plan because this year should
      prove one thing as a industry were not ready to
      play big time exporter to the world just yet!
      So good start ritz good start! Good play on the
      Friday announcement will be nothing in any paper
      next week at all!

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        #4
        1. The RR's got publicly slapped.
        2. The Govt has shown willingness to act as a
        real lube regulator.
        3. All options remain on the table; car service
        could even be ramped up.
        4. Monitoring and supporting data is now
        mandatory.
        5. Global markets will regain confidence
        6. Farmers were invited to take the opportunity to
        Have input into the solve.
        7. Agriculture was granted legislative
        precedence, which speaks to agriculture's
        importance.

        Those are good things, folks. Pars

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          #5
          I agree on all points just wish it had more meat on
          the bone! $1,000,000. A day that would have
          been great! Time will tell.

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            #6
            I want to see Harrison and that attitude, gone, fired, canned, etc. Screw the share holders too.
            Arrogant self centered bastards!

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              #7
              Well at least we have a little clout left.

              As much as i hate to say it we need to act more like
              french farmers,they have the no more mister nice guy
              attitude.

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                #8
                May not be enough true, but it is s hell of aslot more thsn sny Liberal or NDP gov't would have done. What is needed is the grain co's to pay fines on late deliveries as well both loading trains and taking in farmers contracts - and keep it there. Farmers get wacked if we are late or short tonnes - now it's time for all to pay for incompitance IMO.
                BTW, as has been said - cold or not - oil was moving....

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                  <b>at 100K penalties a day for a year
                  Hunter Harrison could pay it himself out of his yearly salary and still have $12.6 million left

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                    #10
                    $100,000 a day isn't much in the big picture, and I take it these fees go to WGRF as well?
                    Yet the thing is, will the share holders of CN and CP pick up on this? will it be enough to make them take notice and see why isn't CN and CP more aggressive in moving any product by increasing service which, to me, would make more profit for the RR's and well - more dividends for the shareholders!

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                      #11
                      Good point about graincos, furrow. Could a stif
                      contract do what you ask? pars

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                        #12
                        Mr. Weber, I think your math is a little off. But the
                        point is well taken. Unless a winter was warmer and
                        drier than normal then slowed shipping during the
                        peak winter months has always been ongoing - this
                        is nothing new. What seems to be the issue is
                        getting the right product at the right time to the
                        right position. Somebody ordered all those parked
                        boats at Van without ever considering that they
                        might not be able to fill them on time. What is
                        missing is coordination. Do we need a government
                        agency to do this? No! We need the rrs, grain
                        companies and associated players to sit down at the
                        table and agree to a central agency to coordinate all
                        this shit to provide orderly, timely and efficient
                        movement and have each player contribute to the
                        cost of the agency according to benefits derived.
                        Kind of like an air traffic control tower. As for Ritz
                        and Raitt and the big announcement, by the time
                        this kicks into place the rrs won't have any problem
                        meeting the targets. So - big wow!

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