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Railways say they’re ready for large shipping season

By Terry Fries August 21, 2018

CNS Canada — Canadian Pacific Railway managed to slightly increase its grain shipping volumes last year, despite the extreme cold. CP moved 25.8 million tonnes of western Canadian grain, grain products, soybeans and non-regulated principal field crops during the 2017-18 crop year. That’s a one per cent increase from the previous crop year and one […] Read more

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Grain elevators brace for high-volume shipping season

By MarketsFarm Team August 17, 2018

CNS Canada — Grain companies in Western Canada are bracing for another high-volume year, as questions about the system’s ability to handle that amount continue to plague the industry. Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association, said despite the heat stress that has hit many crops this year, grain companies expect this […] Read more

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Federal rail freight legislation clears Senate

By Alberta Farmer Staff May 22, 2018

Canada’s Senate has passed federal legislation that grain grower groups have hoped will help improve rail freight service for the sector this year. Bill C-49, the Transportation Modernization Act, passed third reading in the Senate on Tuesday following a 41-31 vote to approve a message that the Senate “does not insist on its amendments” to […] Read more

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Senate hands back transport bill, with changes

By Alberta Farmer Staff March 29, 2018

Federal legislation sought by farm groups wanting improvements to rail service for the grain sector is on its way back from the Senate to the House of Commons. Senators on Thursday afternoon passed Bill C-49, the Transportation Modernization Act, on third reading — but with several amendments proposed Wednesday by the standing Senate committee on […] Read more

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Farmers seek ‘urgent’ action from Senate on rail service

By Alberta Farmer Staff March 1, 2018

Groups representing Canadian grain growers touched down in Ottawa Thursday to urge quick passage of legislation to avoid a sequel to the grain handling logjam of 2013-14. Representatives from the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, Grain Growers of Canada, Keystone Agricultural Producers, Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, Alberta Federation of Agriculture and B.C. Agriculture Council went […] Read more

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Mixed reactions from farm groups to Bill C-49 progress

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm November 6, 2017

Commodity News Service Canada – Western Canadian producer groups support changes to rail transportation in Canada but vary on support of the latest legislation, Bill C-49. Bill C-49 passed its third reading in the House of Commons Nov. 1 and is now off to the Senate for review. The bill is meant to amend the […] Read more

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Farm leaders ‘cautiously optimistic’ about transport bill

By Jennifer Blair July 21, 2017

Ottawa’s new ‘transportation modernization’ bill addresses  key concerns raised during 2013 rail crisis, but has gaps

Reading Time: 4 minutes Anew national transportation bill could leave a major gap in grain movement during the 2017 harvest — particularly in areas captive to one railway, say Alberta farm leaders. “Between Aug. 1 and when this new bill comes into effect, there’s a period where there might be a hole in performance,” said Alberta Canola director Renn […] Read more

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Early reviews positive for grain transportation bill

By Allan Dawson May 16, 2017

Long-awaited amendments to the Canada Transportation Act that Prairie grain farmers and shippers hope will result in better rail service were tabled Tuesday in the House of Commons. At press time Tuesday farm organization and grain company officials were still assessing Bill C-49, which also deals with other transportation issues, including air travel. At first […] Read more

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Ottawa to keep revenue cap on grain shipments by rail

By Reuters May 16, 2017

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 […] Read more

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Extensions sought for interim grain freight measures

By Alberta Farmer Staff May 13, 2017

Not expecting federal grain transport reforms to take effect until this fall at the earliest, several Prairie grain grower groups want to see an extension of the previous government’s interim rules and penalties for railways in the meantime. A proposed “Transportation 2030” package of rail reforms, pledged last November by Transport Minister Marc Garneau, is […] Read more

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Railways say they’re ready for large shipping season

Grain elevators brace for high-volume shipping season

Federal rail freight legislation clears Senate

Senate hands back transport bill, with changes

Farmers seek ‘urgent’ action from Senate on rail service

Mixed reactions from farm groups to Bill C-49 progress

Farm leaders ‘cautiously optimistic’ about transport bill

Early reviews positive for grain transportation bill

Ottawa to keep revenue cap on grain shipments by rail

Extensions sought for interim grain freight measures

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