Many years ago I was involved in the port industry. I was an executive. I remember a project that CN wanted to do in Milton. I'm not sure whether that project ever came through. There was a lot of opposition from the public.
Ports already exist. They have their footprints. In many cases, there is capacity. Would it make sense to use that footprint to bring things by ships, containers or other cargoes directly to ports? In that situation, you don't have to increase and increase the footprint of certain of these rail yards. Again, it's nothing....
Society has changed. I remember 40 years ago, when I was much younger, people didn't care much about things happening in their neighbourhood, but now, getting social acceptance is a huge issue. Before throwing new projects on the table and trying to do them, can we optimize the assets we have and try to see how we can use some things that already have social acceptance?
Milton is probably, to me, the poster child of what can be done in terms of rail. You can use these yards for products when you have no choice other than to move them by train.
