One example would be the farmers. We know that the farm economy is already weak. Profits are very low. If that port of entry closes, the only place they will be able to cross, depending on what is left open, will be the Saint-Armand/Philipsburg port. The problem is that machinery is not allowed on a highway. No tractor has the right to drive on a highway. Therefore, farmers will not be able to use it either. They will have to go through Philipsburg with farm machinery, which is absolutely unthinkable. We are talking about a one-hour detour by car. On a tractor, that same detour would take three hours. It would cause the cost of silage or hay to rise to such an extent that they would be better off simply throwing it away. Farmers would no longer be able to sell it because they would not be cost-competitive as a result of such a long detour.
That is an example that affects the local farm economy. Farming represents 85% of economic activity in our region.