Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank you all for making your presentations this morning. I'm sorry I had to step out for a bit.
I was interested in hearing you say that there needs to be more accountability in the rail handling system and that we need more capacity, and I was glad to hear that more investment is happening.
We hear from our farmers—and I'm a farmer myself—that there is definitely a lack of accountability, a lack of commitment, and a lack of capacity in the grain system. Last year, a lot of the inland terminals were stuffed full and they couldn't get cars to get the grain. At times, the ports were sitting empty, with ships wanting to come in but no grain being delivered.
There is a concern that the service isn't there. We are looking at a bumper crop, as Mr. Anderson has already alluded to, and we have to be able to handle it this fall. Times are tough on the farm and guys are looking to the railways for service.
I wonder if the reason that the service has fallen back a bit, at least in the opinion of grain shippers, is because of the revenue cap. Does the revenue cap restrict how much you want to ship because you're scared to hit that level too quickly?