Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here today.
As did my previous colleagues, I reviewed the national supply chain task force report. It said, “In 2020, road transport accounted for 50% of Canada's merchandise trade (imports and exports combined)”. In my riding alone, I have four international boarder crossings, two of the top four in Canada in terms of commercial traffic. I think the Peace Bridge alone is number two, with 40 billion dollars' worth of trade going over that one bridge alone. It's kind of timely that we're undertaking this study. Part of the study talks about identifying programs, tools and measures that support growth.
Ms. Campbell, the national transportation study talks about digitization. In your presentation you talked about the CARM program. I worry sometimes that government programs can be an impediment rather than a help. I think it's important that you speak to some of the concerns from your organization of importers and exporters regarding the implementation of CARM and this drop-dead date of implementation and what that could mean for our supply chains and our trade.