Thank you very much to the presenters for their excellent presentations on this very important work we're undertaking.
As I was doing my sound check I mentioned that I am from Sault Ste. Marie. In the presentations we've been talking about supply chains. Sault Ste. Marie is a resource city, and there are many of them across this country. It is based around steel, and we're the second-largest steel producer in Canada. Therefore, both the upstream and downstream supply chains are absolutely critically important to a lot of cities, including the one that I represent.
Can you tell us how the government's efforts to keep supply chains open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has helped our exporters? Are there any additional measures you'd like to see the government make for the movement of goods across our borders so it's smoother and more efficient, while ensuring it is still safe for Canadians? At a border town, it's very challenging, because we need to keep that $2 billion in trade crossing, but obviously when we take a look at what's happening in Chippewa County with the surge, we have to keep it safe and we have to keep the trade moving.
Are there other additional measures we can take to keep our supply chains moving? I'm thinking of things such as the wage subsidy, which originally Algoma Steel and Tenaris weren't eligible for, but subsequently are. They told me it really helped them stay open.