Volume 50, Issue 1 p. 85-98

An Update on Regulatory Change in the Canadian Grain Handling and Transportation Industry

James Nolan,

James Nolan

Transportation Chair, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.

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Bill Drew,

Bill Drew

Transportation Advisor, Canadian Wheat Board, Winnipeg, MN

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First published: 15 July 2005
Citations: 2

Abstract

We examine the latest process of policy change in the Canadian grain handling and transportation industry. The first part of the paper focuses on how the issue of market power in grain transportation and the subsequent lack of accountability for agricultural shippers were addressed in the initial Estey/Kroeger reviews. Considering the recently published government report on Canadian transportation regulation, the latter part of the paper briefly describes a set of regulatory models for the rail industry and their potential applicability to Canada.

Les auteurs analysent les plus récents changements apportés aux politiques qui régissent la manutention et le transport du grain au Canada. Dans la première partie de leur article, ils expliquent comment les études initiales d'Estey/Kroeger abordaient l'emprise des transporteurs sur le marché et le peu de comptes qu'ils rendaient aux expéditeurs de grain. Dans la seconde, ils décrivent brièvement plusieurs modèles concernant la réglementation de l'industrie ferroviaire et la possibilité de leur application au Canada à la lumière du rapport sur la réglementation des transports récemment rendu public par le gouvernement.

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