Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I'm very excited about this discussion because it's something that we have been discussing for the past few months. In my thoughts, it results in outcomes that will be, quite frankly, a catalyst to a national economic strategy that takes advantage of the strengths that we have with respect to transportation. On that point, Mr. Emerson, I'm going to try and dig down toward a Canada transportation and logistics strategy, having to do with process, governance, and of course investment.
I happen to come from an area in the Niagara region that has been designated as a provincial gateway centre. That is because of our geographic area, through which significant incoming and outgoing transport flows, and is distributed by means of transfer and transshipment.
With that said, we are on a border. We are on the New York border, and although international in scale, our hub requires a significant and associated amount of infrastructure.
You mentioned that it has to be big when you look at different areas of strength when it comes to these transportation-related infrastructures. Would you consider, especially in a border community, that part of that strength, part of that size is not just what is located in Canada, in our case in Niagara, but that it's also what's located in the United States? An example is the Continental 1, which is currently being established between Miami and western New York, and that flow of shipment coming through Canada.