Again, a number of the points you raise really fall within the jurisdiction of the Department of Transport. There is a lot of work going on in terms of developing both an Atlantic and a Pacific gateway, for exactly the reasons you've mentioned, in order to provide opportunities for the movement of goods through the ports of Vancouver and the Pacific and then on the east coast through Halifax, in order to speed the movement of goods through the Atlantic and Pacific gateways.
On February 23rd, 2009. See this statement in context.