‘It’s like a series of dominoes’: NDP, Conservatives push for action to clear grain shipment backlog

The Liberals think C-49 will save the day, which is currently being studied by the Senate Transportation Committee. It's unclear when the omnibus bill, an overhaul of the Transportation Act and others, will be passed.

Transportation Minister Marc Garneau speaks to reporters before Question Period in February. The minister sponsored Bill C-49, which is expected to clear up grain shipment delays when it is eventually passed. The bill is currently being studied by the Senate Transportation Committee.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY EMILY HAWS

March 12, 2018

Opposition MPs are growing increasingly frustrated with the Liberals' lack of concrete action on the grain shipment backlog, but they also say the problem will be solved once Bill C-49, the Transportation Modernization Act—currently in the Senate—receives royal ass...

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