Thank you, Madam Chair.
Minister, as you know, Niagara is now an internationally recognized strategic trade corridor. Throughout this country, we recognize that trade corridors must further evolve as well as remain competitive and resilient, like Niagara has throughout the last few years. We have pivoted to attract that new economy and built resiliency by building on our strengths, including a multimodal network with the Welland Canal, which is part of the St. Lawrence Seaway, as well as rail, road and air.
I would like for you to speak a bit about the manufacturing sector and how critical it is for both domestic and international trade. How does it rely on efficient, sustainable and future-proofed supply chains?
With that, specific to innovation and technology, which is where you are every day, what role do innovation, particularly digital infrastructure, advanced technologies and the other capacities needed within supply chains to evolve and be resilient play in modernizing our supply chains and ensuring that they are adaptive to future challenges?