Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Minister Emerson, for great opening comments and for the answers to these questions; it's very informative.
Coming from British Columbia, I want to focus on some of the opportunities I see coming from the private sector, just being in government here for the last few months. You talked about the lack of competitiveness and our declining productivity. Coming from the business sector, I would say one of the things you always capitalize on is your natural advantages.
What I see is the great geographic advantage we have with the coast of Vancouver. One of the other portions of your portfolio is the Pacific gateway. As you know, we've put $591 million in May's budget. I wonder if you could explain how you see the gateway and the trade portfolios overlapping, and maybe even more importantly, how they complement each other so that we can maximize the value of our geographic location on the coast.