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| | Hansard -- Volume 21, Number 28 -- Wednesday, July 12, 1995 |
 | | Withdraw this section of the bill, complete the consultation with the municipalities, explore the limiting factors to the competition that these railroads face, and then bring a solution to this House that has the support and is in the best interests of all British Columbians. |
 | | Cull: The member may be correct that the trackage of rail in incorporated municipalities is not that great, but the value that is being assessed in the switching yards -- in North Vancouver, for example, or in Golden or Port Coquitlam -- is where the real value and the real tax are. |
 | | Cull: Without prejudicing the debate we're going to have when we get to the next section of the bill, there is no reason why B.C. Rail and the other rail companies couldn't be assessed on the same basis using a formula and moving to the types of rates we're going to be using. |
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