Thank you.
Mr. Minister, my understanding is that a small union such as baggage handlers at an airport could probably shut down the airport. I'm going to have to assume not all those units would be considered essential, according to the statements of the other members.
In that case, it raises some interesting scenarios. With regard to our airports, if you shut down Halifax and Montreal, for example, that would meanthat for things we may ship out of those places, like seafood, lobster, it would be better for people to be dealing with places like Boston or New York. Companies like FedEx or Emery or DHL wouldn't see those places as worthwhile to use as hubs. Instead, they'd be far more accommodated using Boston or New York.
As well, when it comes to certain goods, like textiles, for example, it makes sense that more jobs would go to China, as opposed to manufacturing textiles here, if the supply were interrupted or caused problems. Agricultural products could be obtained in other places as well. And even for some specialized industries, like Bombardier, frankly their machinery and tools and that type of thing would be easier to obtain through other places.
Even some industries, hydroelectricity for example, if it were affected by this and if Canada--and more particularly Quebec--became an unreliable supplier of hydroelectricity to the northeastern United States, they would be forced to find alternate sources and it would probably affect the pricing and what not.
I'm wondering if you could comment on some of those things.