For me, what's at stake here fundamentally is to bring more traffic to the St. Lawrence. The problem is upstream, not in maritime terms but in economic terms. For example, the Port of Montreal's most important client right now is Northern Europe. The North Atlantic route therefore brings in a very large part of our business.
However, new routes are being developed, such as the one in the Caribbean. In 2014, the Panama Canal will be widened, which will enable larger ships to pass through it and travel up the eastern coast of North America. I didn't say America but North America. One of our clients who currently comes to Montreal is from the Caribbean. This route didn't exist previously. There's also the Mediterranean, India via the Suez canal. Those are new routes that will give rise to an increase in traffic.
From that point, it will be necessary to determine how to ship goods arriving in Montreal and destined to western Canada most efficiently, that is from Montreal to Toronto and to the American Midwest. Are railroads going to be used? That's highly probable. In my opinion, it's the most economical and efficient way. This is what our dear competitors on the east coast of the United States have invested in. Indeed, east coast American states have invested over $2 billion in their infrastructure, and specifically rail infrastructure.