Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to return to Mr. Champagne and Madam Ng. It's not about auto, so it's okay. We're done with that. I'm just as passionate about supply chains.
You may not have a full answer on this right now, but I want to raise an issue and see what your response is in terms of where we can go. This is with regard to freight containers and inflationary prices. Before COVID, for a lot of retail and supply chains, getting freight containers from overseas accounted for around 25% of the cost. That's gone up to 198%. Also, I'm being told that Canadians are being charged around 30% more than their American counterparts are for steamship coverage.
Can you provide some insight as to what the government is doing? Has it been raised as an issue? How do we support especially medium-sized and small businesses that are being pounded by this increased cost, which is going to be inflationary to consumers and which will also disrupt supply chains?