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Canadian Transportation Agency Hearing to Examine Application Filed by Ferroequus to Use Facilities Owned by CN

OTTAWA - April 25, 2002 - The Canadian Transportation Agency will hold a public hearing in Winnipeg beginning on April 29, 2002, on the merits of an application filed by the Ferroequus Railway Company. The application seeks the right to run and operate trains, in order to haul grain, over specified lines of Canadian National (CN) between the Camrose, Alberta interchange and the Port of Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

Subsection 138(1) of the Canada Transportation Act allows a railway company to apply to the Agency for the right to take possession of, use or occupy any land belonging to any other railway company; use the whole or any portion of the right-of-way, tracks, terminals, stations or station-grounds of any other railway company; and run and operate its trains over and on any portion of the railway of any other railway company. The Agency may, by order, grant the requested running rights and may impose conditions respecting the exercise or restriction of the rights as appear just or desirable, taking into consideration the public interest.

Date:	Beginning on Monday, April 29, 2002
Time:	10:00 a.m. (local time)
Place:	Winnipeg Convention Centre Pan Am Room 375 York Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba

The Canadian Transportation Agency is an independent federal administrative quasi-judicial tribunal whose procedures are governed by the rules of natural justice. The application of these rules will ensure that all parties receive fair and equitable treatment.

The Canadian Transportation Agency has, in law, all the powers, rights and privileges of a superior court. Because of the quasi-judicial nature of the hearing, panel members will not answer reporters' questions. Reporters may try to interview representatives of the participants during breaks, lunch or after the day's session. A spokesperson for the Agency will be available on site to answer general questions about the Agency and the hearing process.

The Agency will permit cameras in the hearing room, to take still photos or footage of the panel members and participants, until the end of the opening remarks from the Chair of the panel on the opening day's session ONLY. On the following days, cameras will be permitted in the room before the beginning of the hearing. Reporters may stay throughout the duration of the hearing and may tape-record.

For further information, please contact:

Jadrino Huot
Communications Advisor
(819) 953-9957

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