Feds can't play favourites with rail rules

摘要

This spring, the federal government instituted mandatory grain-shipping quotas for railways in an attempt to remedy delays in agriculture shipments incurred this winter. But similar rail service issues have also plagued other industries like mining. The government's interventionist and sector-specific approach to addressing Canada's rail transportation challenges runs counter to its trade and economic development priorities, and will not address the problems. Reliable and effective rail service is no less essential for mining and other products as it is for the movement of grain. Transportation policy, informed by railway data, should reflect this.