Thanks, Madam Chair. I do want to thank the witnesses for being here this morning.
First off, I want to make a comment with respect to the carbon pricing. I think we shouldn't make any mistake about it. Carbon taxes, or whatever you want to call them, already exist because the cost of pollution is already defaulted to the taxpayers throughout this nation. What this carbon pricing is attempting to do is actually alleviate the pressure on taxpayers by ensuring that those who create pollution pay for the creation of it.
With that said, my recommendation to the St. John's Board of Trade is to have that discussion with the province so the proper investments by the province, whether it be through a cash or infrastructure investment with respect to pollution-related costs, would be made.
However, that's not what we're here to talk about. We're here to talk about trade corridors. When we look at the fluidity of trade corridors, I have to ask Mr. Picard a question with respect to the movement of trade in your Atlantic part of the country.
We have been to the west, we are in the central, and we're trying to move out to the east ASAP. While you are here, I want to start that conversation now.
With respect to the bottlenecks, the first question is, where do you see bottlenecks? The second question is with respect to intermodal opportunities. I think you mentioned Highway 55.