Thank you very much for your question.
Increasing productivity hinges on attracting more investment. In eastern Canada, for every dollar invested, both privately and publicly, American ports have invested $32. Because of those investments, some American ports are now more productive. That's not always going to be the case. More importantly, they have become more stable. That stability comes at a cost. As a result, there are currently 600,000 to 800,000 containers of Canadian goods passing through American ports. That means higher costs and a larger carbon footprint, but it also means that products from Quebec and Canada cost more to export.