Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Witnesses, thank you for joining us. I encourage you to submit a brief if you want to add any information. It could be quite helpful and it would make the analysts' job easier.
We were also supposed to speak with Louis Ouellet today about the northern transportation corridor project. Unfortunately, he was unable to appear. Nevertheless, I would like to briefly touch on this topic by turning to you, Mr. Laberge.
The federal government is trying to extract critical minerals. We know that northern Ontario and northern Quebec have a concentration of valuable minerals. We also know that we need to improve the flow of transportation.
We don't have this type of map in front of us. I encourage you to submit one. However, if we had one, we would see an increase in mining projects around an existing rail line that needs upgrading. At the same time, we would see that this rail line can easily reach the Port of Saguenay.
In the near future, what types of investments do you think should be made in both the Port of Saguenay and the rail line? What might this look like? I also encourage you to submit any documents on this topic.