Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you for having me on the committee today. I do appreciate the presence of all of the witnesses here this afternoon.
Throughout both the United States and Canada, leaders are prioritizing regionally based hubs where the production happens. They're concentrating on those areas where the sales happen within some regions to streamline logistics, improve inventory management and accelerate the response to market demand. With that, this committee has taken on a supply chain study. There are outcomes that are expected of this study. You folks are tasked, in your daily business and everything that you're doing on a daily basis, with helping move goods and people and creating that fluidity. You are also tasked with looking at different mechanisms, whether they be policy or financial investments, that we as government can actually partner with you on to help you meet your goals.
With that said, I do want to first concentrate on Mr. Hamilton with respect to some of the projects that the Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority is working on right now. Being a Niagara-area member of Parliament, I know we in Niagara have been very successful at integrating our multimodal network, looking at land acquisition and really creating a new economy. I know we can't talk about much of that new economy yet. There will be a day for that.
With that said, Mr. Hamilton, what are some of the wins that are happening not only in Niagara but also in Hamilton and Oshawa?
Afterwards, I'm going to go to Mayor Steele.
Mr. Hamilton, please go ahead.