Insights and Stories on MRE

CTA to bump up Prairie grain freight cost index

Apr. 25, 2018 at 2:15 pm CDT

Fuel and infrastructure improvements are expected to push up the cost of railroading and, in turn, the index guiding how much money Canada’s big two railways get to keep from hauling Prairie grain in the next crop year. The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) on Wednesday announced it will set the […]

Senate hands back transport bill, with changes

Mar. 29, 2018 at 7:30 pm CDT

By Staff

Get grain moving again, KAP says

Mar. 19, 2018 at 9:05 pm CDT

By Allan Dawson

CN, CP roll over revenue caps for 2016-17

Dec. 22, 2017 at 4:06 am CST

By Staff

Early reviews positive for grain transportation bill

May. 16, 2017 at 1:12 pm CDT

By Allan Dawson

Ottawa to keep revenue cap on grain shipments by rail

May. 16, 2017 at 10:19 am CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — The Canadian government introduced draft legislation on grain transportation on Tuesday that would keep in place a revenue cap on western grain that railways haul for export. The grain revenue cap, or “maximum revenue entitlement” (MRE), has been in place since 2000 and is intended to […]

By Reuters

Prairie grain freight cost index to rise with fuel prices

Apr. 28, 2017 at 6:56 pm CDT

An “expected sharp rise” in fuel costs in 2017 compared to 2016 may help raise the cap on how much money Canada’s big two railways can charge to move Prairie grain in 2017-18. The Canadian Transportation Agency — the tribunal which, among its other duties, sets the annual maximum revenue […]

By Staff

Saskatchewan presses for rail interswitching, revenue cap

Oct. 20, 2016 at 8:25 pm CDT

Farm stakeholder groups and Prairie provincial agriculture ministers got their chance Thursday to bring their concerns about grain transportation by rail to the federal minister responsible. Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau and Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay held a roundtable meeting with grain sector representatives Thursday in Saskatoon, and met also […]

By Staff

Cost index for railways’ grain revenue cap gets boost

Apr. 29, 2016 at 4:07 pm CDT

The loonie’s decline since last year has led federal regulators to dial up the index guiding how much money Canada’s big two railways get to keep from hauling Prairie grain. The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) announced Friday it will raise its volume-related composite price index (VRCPI) by 4.8 per cent, […]

By Staff

Red pens come out for postmortem report on CWB era

Apr. 16, 2016 at 10:38 am CDT

A researcher working for a group calling for the return of single desk marketing misinterpreted data in former Canadian Wheat Board annual reports to conclude the board paid lower rates for shipping grain. Several sources, including a former Canadian Wheat Board director, say University of Saskatchewan Ph.D. candidate Laura Larsen […]

By Staff

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