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| Rail tracks are seen on South Hill on March 3, 2014, the same day the provincial government passed a motion to encourage Ottawa to introduce emergency law in the coming weeks to resolve the grain backlog. Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy |
Even if the grain transportation crisis were resolved tomorrow, it would still take many months to export the record product backlog in Saskatchewan.
“The system’s behind enough now that I think it’s probably going to take until at least harvest to get this cleared up no matter what we do now,” said Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart. “But at least we won’t have to look at this happening again next year or the year after or the year after that if we come up with a proper solution this time … This is a problem that’s ongoing for decades.”
The Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly passed Premier Brad Wall’s motion to encourage Ottawa to introduce emergency law in the coming weeks to fix the backlog on Monday. It was the first day of the spring session.
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