What a wonderful question coming from my honourable colleague.
It's really important work, particularly along the border. You and I have talked about this. I have visited many in and around the Great Lakes region about creating a more dynamic and fluid hub that allows for more of that intermodal trade between our two countries.
To your first question, we are really working through Canada's trade architecture to create resiliency in supply chains. I think everyone has seen, especially most recently during the pandemic, how impacted and how fragile those supply chains can be. Canada is the only G7 country with a comprehensive trade agreement with every other G7 country. That predictability of trade serves Canada well. That's why you're seeing investments come through that are not only between Canada and the U.S., or Europe and Canada. Think about the wonderful announcement that was made in Port Colborne just recently by a Japanese multinational company of $1.6 billion for an EV battery plant. That's right around your neck of the woods. This is going to create 500 jobs in and around Port Colborne in Niagara and in Ontario.
It is this part of the work and creating the right conditions through our trade architecture that are giving confidence to other investors and other countries to partner with Canada. Through doing that together, we will have greater resiliency across the globe.