Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to our witnesses for their testimony and being with us here today.
Mr. Innes, I would like to start my questions with you, as you've outlined a pretty stark contrast between how Canada has dealt with the shipping container crisis and the supply chain issues compared to the United States.
Just to outline, the United States administration has put some pretty stiff pressure on shippers. Initially, they named a shipping czar and imposed some pretty strict fines on empty shipping containers. They're building a new container loading facility at the port of Oakland, and now there's new legislation called the Ocean Shipping Reform Act. Also, during the State of the Union address, the President talked about jacking up shipping rates during the pandemic and how they're going to crack down on that.
By comparison, we've done very little here in Canada. You mentioned—and I know we've supported this—investigation under section 49 of the Canada Transportation Act and naming a supply chain commissioner of some sort, but none of those things have happened.
Have you had any discussions with the government on why those steps haven't been taken? Where does that put us in terms of our competitiveness with our competition south of the border?