The U.S. short-line company that plans to run the rail line to Churchill thinks it can conclude a deal with CN before the May 31 deadline.
Stephen Gregory of OmniTrax told a recent Canada Grains Council meeting negotiations are going well.
He said under the proposed arrangement, CN will build trains in Saskatchewan and turn them over to OmniTrax at The Pas, Man.
The company is also negotiating with Transport Canada for the port facilities, and talking to a half-dozen labor unions.
“We are happy to work with labor,” Gregory said. “In the U.S., we pay wages that are competitive with local opportunities in each of the towns and states that we operate in.”
