Mr. Di Sanza, part of your presentation made me laugh. Your speech was written by staff at the minister's office; that is clear to everyone. If we talk about Canada's ports in relation to other ports in the world, in terms of equality, I would say that the ports along the St. Lawrence through the Great Lakes are what trouble me. There are inequalities within Canada.
Marine traffic is increasing by 600% in the world, but on the St. Lawrence, between 1980 and today, it has gone down. It has gone from 130 million to 105 million tonnes. On the St. Lawrence Seaway, traffic has gone from 70 million to 50 million tonnes. There is a reason there has been less traffic in the St. Lawrence-Great Lakes corridor. You are probably well aware of the major issues involved. Icebreaking fees and a number of other factors apply to this corridor that do not apply elsewhere.
Off the cuff, I am more or less in favour of this bill, but I would like to know which ports will benefit. As far as I know, the Port of Montreal does not have much debt. Accordingly, increasing the borrowing rate will have no impact on that port in particular. Currently, which Canadian port truly needs this bill?