We can play a very important role. We talked earlier about the importance of logistics and infrastructure. Canada's goal is to diversify its economy and reach foreign markets other than the U.S. market. These other markets cannot be reached other than by transport vessels. Ports therefore play a critical role toward that objective. The geographic location of the Port of Saguenay is advantageous. In addition, as I said earlier, it is well positioned with respect to the industrial land surrounding it. Canada aims to process its raw materials in order to add as much value as possible. That is what the Port of Saguenay can offer, which is quite unique.
In terms of infrastructure, the Port of Saguenay also benefits from its connection to a northern rail network. This network could be improved and rehabilitated at low costs, compared to other options that have been proposed recently to reach mining sectors in the north. This vision is in line with what has already been implemented in Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean, where low-cost improvements to the rail network to improve its fluidity have already been proposed. The same goes for northern Quebec. In my opening remarks, I talked about a project to rehabilitate a section. This project was proposed by the Cree community a few years ago. A little further away, the rail network in Abitibi is well connected to northern Ontario. It would be possible to optimize the infrastructure in those areas as well.
Looking at the big picture, we see that a northern corridor already exists in some places and that it could be improved and optimized with a little investment and collaboration among the various stakeholders. That would make it possible to reach a very significant part of northern Quebec and northern Ontario in order to carry out more mining projects in those northern sectors and bring them closer to infrastructure. The Port of Saguenay is setting up a processing point and an exit point for these projects to integrate the infrastructure, the transportation logistics and the ability to process materials and ship them to foreign markets very quickly and at very competitive prices.