When you're looking at cross-border trucking, border wait times have been a historical issue for many of our members going back a number of years. A lot of this goes back to the lack of staffing at the border and the cuts that have been happening on that front. The benefit of going fully electronic, whether it's using technology such as facial recognition or licence plate readers, is that it really speeds up the amount of time a truck has to spend at the border. For instance, an ongoing pilot project at the Ambassador Bridge, which does employ the use of RFID and licence plate readers, cuts the time it takes for a truck to cross the border by more than two thirds. Looking at technology and employing technology in the absence of staffing at the border and the absence of resources for that is something we've definitely been behind in the industry.
Again, technology is going to be ever-increasing in the border process. We have some members who currently conduct a few paper processes for cross-border shipments, and some of the paper has more miles on it than the actual load that's going across the border. Anything that will speed up the amount of time a truck has to spend at the border is definitely something we'd be in favour of. Looking at electronic options is definitely a no-brainer for our industry moving forward.