On the first piece, as I said, the spirit of the legislation in bringing in a special mediator and looking to get to better collective bargaining outcomes are definitely steps in the right direction. We have significant concerns about this when we're looking to pivot some of that trade and expand. I think it was mentioned earlier that we have 15 free trade agreements granting us access to 50 countries, but we need to show that we are able to reliably deliver the goods.
Unfortunately, I think the reason we're having the discussion about this bill right now is that if you look at the data from ESDC over the last three years, you see a significant increase in the number of person-days lost to labour disruptions. Starting in 2023, I think we hit the highest mark since 1986, and then in 2025, we were at the highest days again. That's significantly concerning. Without saying names, at the end of last year we saw a significant Canadian company opt to build their export terminal in the U.S. rather than here in Canada, and one thing they cited was labour disruption.
Businesses are taking note, and if Canadian companies are not convinced to spend their capital here, how are we going to attract the capital we need from elsewhere?
It's very important to address those provisions to ensure that there's stability and that our international trading partners believe that Canada can reliably deliver the goods. This is why we raised the concern about when the minister is able to intervene, especially in the context of the time it takes before we get to a strike, the need to organize an orderly shutdown and the time it takes to get back up and running. From ports to rail, we've seen estimates in various situations that for every day of work stoppage, it takes three to five or four to six days to get back on track. That's one of our major concerns.
If you like, we can go over to some of the other....