Mr. Minister, I'm glad to see you here. You can probably predict my questions, as I always ask you the same ones.
In our budget of last fall, we stated:
As part of additional resources for Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced on October 17, 2025, CBSA will work with Public Safety, Transport Canada, and Global Affairs Canada to identify additional ports for container import and export designation, particularly in the Great Lakes-St Lawrence Region, like Québec City and Hamilton. This will help catalyse private investment at ports and is essential to diversifying our trade.
I know Madame DeBellefeuille has this issue as well. We would like to see containers going through our ports.
I represent Thunder Bay, which is part of this process, but I've heard from Picton, Windsor, Goderich and Hamilton, and they're all at various stages of being ready. They want this. What's happened between the budget and now in terms of realizing this? You're welcome to ask the officials.
