Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
It would maybe be helpful for the committee members.... I appreciate the parliamentary secretary's discussion, but I believe there's a role in this bill for this provision and I think it enhances the opportunity for national security, especially when we have the increased amount of capacity that will happen at our ports, be it through their operations or through their investments, be it their private investments that they're having or the foreign investments or be it the public investment as we look at more money.
I can maybe be helpful here. For example, the task force of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey examined the situation and has made recommendations similar to the United States', and they actually do have some policies in place for national security. I know, as of June 2008, the government is looking at coming at the issue of foreign investment, and once again I would hope that for the sake of oversight this committee would adopt the recommendations.
Once again, the United States and different ports are already looking at it. They're actually making recommendations to have that oversight from their perspective in their ports, calling on greater scrutiny. So it's coming from both directions in the United States, and this amendment would help us here.