I represent a riding where 38% of Canada's daily trade goes into the United States. There's a place called Sandwich Town. It has one of the highest rates of poverty in Canada. It's where immigrants are. It's where there are a whole series of issues. The Underground Railroad was there, and rum-runners. It's a historic area.
Next to it is the Ambassador Bridge, where a private American billionaire has been granted a new border crossing with no community conditions, which has a negative relationship. To the west of this place is the new Gordie Howe bridge. The government has around $4 billion, which will give the community about $10 million over 35 years. In front of it is a port authority that's really rich and doing quite well. Then on the other side is a railway company that's doing okay. The problem in the middle is Sandwich Town. Everybody's getting rich but the people there.
It's almost the same frustration I feel in this committee. It seems what we're hearing is that the artists are not getting there; meanwhile, it's about the process in between, struggling to get at least fair compensation, to get it finally there.
I don't really have any questions. I'm sorry I dragged people through that again with the border, but I am totally frustrated over the fact that there are incredible amounts of wealth. It reminds me.... It's what's on YouTube and this and that and everything. There's an immense amount of wealth that doesn't seem to be getting through the system appropriately.