I think I read that there's recently been, in the last two years or so, over 60 work stoppages in the Canadian supply chain. It's a very high number. We could say that maybe it's unusual, but it remains that this happened and it has a big impact.
We want to stress that we're certainly not averse to our employees having adequate leverage for negotiating fair working conditions. At the same time, I think it's important to recognize that the current environment and the current regime of collective bargaining under the labour code gives leverage to certain employees in the supply chain that probably far exceeds the impact to their own employers. In other words, if you stop, for example, as in recent weeks, the port of Vancouver, you're affecting not only the operations of the port of Vancouver but also the railway operations. You're affecting the operations upstream of our own customers, who are also relying on the port of Vancouver to export their commodities.
We believe that in 2024 there are means other than what we could call the traditional collective bargaining approach to ensure that, basically, employees in the supply chain are compensated fairly for their work, while at the same time perhaps not harming the economy in the way that has been the case in recent years.