KAP Joins CTA Review Coalition

Feb 27, 2015

Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) has formed a coalition with other Canadian agricultural groups to submit recommendations to the Canada Transportation Act Review Panel.

The group believes that the current rail system is not meeting the needs of producers and exporters.

KAP General Manager James Battershill says one of their recommendations is for the establishment of a permanent advisory board to provide oversight on information shared by grain monitor Quorum Corporation.

"What we'd like to see is that information coming in in a more timely manner and the railways really being forced to offer up more accurate and timely information," he said. "So having an advisory group in place to oversee what information is being provided and analyzed is important to make sure that it's not the information that the railways choose to hand over at their free will but rather what's necessary."

Battershill notes that the sharing of information by the railways is their biggest concern.

The agriculture industry CTA Review Coalition represents the vast majority of shippers of bulk and processed grains and a broad cross section of grower funded organizations.

Source: SteinbachOnline

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