CN Rail and CP Rail property.

House of Commons Debates Ottawa  January 31, 1977.
Bill C-390, an Amendment respecting ownership of land when railway lines are abandoned.
Mr. George H. Whittaker, Progressive Conservative.
     "Mr. Speaker, this bill is an attempt to amend the Railway Act so that if and when railways are successful in abandoning their lines, the rights of way will revert to the Crown and therefore, to the people of Canada."
Federal politicians who voiced the same opinion in the House of Commons, Parliament of Canada:
Mr. Francis Alvin George Hamilton,Qu'Appelle-Moose Mountain, Saskatchewan- Progressive Conservative. April 19, 1974.
Mr. Jack Sydney George (Bud) Cullen, Sarnia-Lambton, Ontario - Liberal - June 5, 1970.
Mrs. Simma Holt - Vancouver-Kingsway, Liberal - November 18, 1977.
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House of Commons Debates Ottawa   January 30, 1979.
Mr. Ralph Goodale, Liberal.
     ".....The Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development is also involved in the case of rail lines that happen to pass through Indian lands. The department will have the right of first refusal for any land which passes through Indian reserves..."
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The 6,000 Canadian National Railway bridges.
A quote by Member of Parliament Antoine Dube in the House of Commons, March 29, 1996.
Mr. Dube, Levis, Quebec (BQ):
     "One member...said that, all told, CN owned some 6,000 bridges across Canada."