Resolution

WHEREAS the railway costs used to calculate the Maximum Revenue Entitlement have not been fully reviewed since 1992;

WHEREAS a review of railway costs and appropriate adjustment of the Maximum Revenue Entitlement are necessary to ensure that producers share in the efficiency gains realized through rail line abandonment and elevator consolidation;

WHEREAS the federal Minister of Transport recently announced his intentions to introduce amendments to the Canada Transportation Act, but has not committed to a full railway costing review,

BE IT RESOLVED that APAS lobby the federal government to immediately conduct a full railway costing review when updating the Canada Transportation Act;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Canadian Federation of Agriculture join APAS in lobbying the federal government for a full railway costing review.