Sure. I've prepared a few remarks.
Hello, thank you for providing me the opportunity to speak to you this afternoon. I am the chief administrative officer of the City of Port Colborne. We are a small municipality of just over 18,000 people on the north shore of Lake Erie in the Niagara region.
The experience I'd like to share with you today is probably different from what you heard from others. The experience I'd like to share is that of trying to administer a small municipality in a competitive environment of trying to execute economic development initiatives, residential growth, and bringing industrial, commercial and residential prosperity to our community.
In Port Colborne, council and staff have made all the right moves. They have invested in infrastructure including water, waste water, recreation, roads and bridges. We have a beautiful new health and wellness centre that includes two hockey rinks as well as a walking track, pool, gymnasiums and fitness centre. Past councils have created an industrial park that is virtually completely built out, and the city is preparing to bring more industrial lands on line.
But that's not all that the city has done. When rail service in our municipality was threatened, the city stepped in to take over the tracks and enter into a lease arrangement with a local operator. When the federal government was—
Am I going too fast? Sorry.