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Kellie Leitch speaking in Ottawa in March 2014. (Labour.gc.ca)

Labour minister says CP, engineers urged to bargain

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 11, 2015

Vancouver | Reuters — Federal Labour Minister Kellie Leitch on Wednesday said she was encouraging the parties at Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) to bargain, but declined to speculate on what Ottawa might do if workers went out on strike. CP said its managers will be ready to take over if the railway’s engineers and conductors […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

CP conductors, engineers serve strike notice

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 10, 2015

Unionized engineers and conductors on Canadian Pacific Railway’s (CP) trains have served formal notice they’ll strike Sunday, barring a negotiated deal with the company. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents CP’s locomotive engineers, conductors, trainmen and yardmen, said Tuesday it’s notified CP that the affected workers will strike effective 12:01 a.m. Sunday “in […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Strike vote passes for CP engineers, conductors

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 9, 2015

Canadian Pacific Railway’s unionized conductors and engineers have voted to give themselves a trump card in talks with the company for a new contract. Eligible employees voted 93 per cent in favour of strike action “if necessary” to reach a negotiated settlement with the company, according to their union, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC). […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

Prairie shippers’ group expands grain car tracking

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 3, 2015

A clutch of Prairie grain industry stakeholders says its pool of weekly data on rail car spotting is getting deeper and still shows significant shortfalls in car delivery from Canada’s big two railways. The Ag Transport Coalition on Tuesday released a performance measurement update, which it says now includes aggregate data from shippers representing about 85 […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

Grain shippers’ data show ongoing rail supply/demand gap

By GFM Network News January 26, 2015

Numbers newly crunched by a clutch of Canadian grain shippers paint a picture of a gap that’s wide, and getting wider, between the numbers of rail cars they say they need and what they say they’re getting. The Ag Transport Coalition — which so far includes eight Canadian grain-handling and crop commodity groups, working with […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

CP books record profit, more grain revenue in 2014

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 22, 2015

Increased revenue from Canadian and U.S. grain traffic alike helped boost Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) to a record full-year profit in 2014. Calgary-based CP on Thursday reported net income of $1.476 billion on $6.62 billion for the year ending Dec. 31, up from $875 million on $6.133 billion in 2013. For its fourth quarter, the […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Court tosses CP’s appeal on U.S.-bound grain interswitching

By GFM Network News January 19, 2015

Confirming that a deal is as good as a fixed asset, a Prairie grain handler gets to keep using a lower-price rail route from Alberta into Montana, now that a Federal Court ruling has shot down an appeal from the railway taking grain down to the border. Writing on Jan. 2, Judge J.D. Denis Pelletier […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

CP to appeal federal fine on September grain handle

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 12, 2015

Citing post-Labour Day pains at the West Coast, Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) plans to appeal a $50,000 federal fine over the company’s Prairie grain handle. Transport Canada said last week it had issued notices of violation and administrative monetary penalties (AMPs) of $50,000 each against CP and Canadian National Railway (CN) for falling short of […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

CN, CP face fines for summer grain handle

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 8, 2015

Both of Canada’s big two railways have been slapped with fines for missing the federal government’s mark this summer on weekly Prairie grain handling. A Transport Canada spokesperson confirmed by email Thursday that Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railway (CN, CP) have been served notices of violation including administrative monetary penalties (AMPs) of $100,000 and $50,000 […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Weather

Mandatory minimum grain handle extended

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 30, 2014

A new order-in-council will extend the federal government’s mandatory minimum weekly grain handle for Canada’s big two railways through March, just as the previous order expires. Federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on Saturday announced the mandatory minimums, which expired Saturday, are extended until March 28, 2015. The new order, however, adjusts the […] Read more

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Labour minister says CP, engineers urged to bargain

CP conductors, engineers serve strike notice

Strike vote passes for CP engineers, conductors

Prairie shippers’ group expands grain car tracking

Grain shippers’ data show ongoing rail supply/demand gap

CP books record profit, more grain revenue in 2014

Court tosses CP’s appeal on U.S.-bound grain interswitching

CP to appeal federal fine on September grain handle

CN, CP face fines for summer grain handle

Mandatory minimum grain handle extended

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