Ackman/canadian pacific

[bucket]

Braveheart

I do not see any farm group putting solutions out there and most have said on this forum individuals don't count, they have to belong to a herd to be a validated idea.

And if the people in these organizations can't read the solutions on sites like this. Well I am sure you can see where the problems starts and why solutions don't get implemented.

[bucket]

Open running rights should be implemented asap.

I live near a line CP services. All points are the same grain co.

The last point on the line has a locomotive and a 112 car spot. They could shuttle cars from a point just outside of moose jaw from either major and service their points. Weekly regular service could be implemented.

There is an idea. Utilize all points in an effective way, provide regular service, move the grain, save the highways.

Oops I better go wrap up in tin foil again.

[cottonpicken]

It sucks but its true,all sectors of the the supply chain in front of the farmer have to be profitable but......

So god damn many illegal and immoral things have happened to us and i fear they will never end so i am at a loss.....

[ado089]

Tweety, who paid for the land the rails are built on? Who funded the building and maintenance of the rail system up until the not too distant past? What obligations where imposed in exchange for getting alot for nothing? How many concessions to those obligations have been made so the poor RR's could make more money? Too many people need a quick history lesson on the RR's in Canada and a brushup on economics as it pertains to free markets and competition.

For a bunch of people who were viscerally opposed to a monopoly on grain buying, myself included, you sure are complacent to a the existence of a transportation monopoly.

[ado089]

Here's a free market solution with minimal government involvement. Split both companies at down the middle of Saskatchewan.So two operate east and two operate west. Then they would compete for traffic not only among each other on the same corridor but also east and west. Private corporations and shareholders still get to call the shots but there would be options.

[fjlip]

I suggested Ritz BEG the Chinese to create a third RR, then watch these two compete or die.

[farmaholic]

ado089:

"For a bunch of people who were viscerally opposed to a monopoly on grain buying, myself included, you sure are complacent to a the existence of a transportation monopoly"

I was thinking the same thing just the other day.

[Braveheart]

Open running rights, nothing would change. The new entrant would cherry pick the high tariff traffic and leave the rest.

Plus, its property that belongs to the railroad. Once you go down the road of confiscating property where does it stop? It's a slippery slope.

Expanded interswitching limits helps but doesn't infringe on property rights.

[farmaholic]

....ask Sasktel.

[bucket]

Ok let's talk interswitching. The cp line I talked about comes out of moose jaw and there is a cn connection somewhere nearby. It would fall within the new 160 km. Why doesn't the local call cn to service them ?

Because graincos won't force the issue. Neither will he government.

And the railways never built the lines or bought the land they sit on. It was a ****ing gift to ensure this country moved forward.