Thank you, Madam Chair.
Mr. Minister, thank you for being at today's meeting. It's great to see you. Congratulations as well on your new portfolio.
Mr. Minister, I had time over the past week to read the volumes produced for us with respect to the Canada Transportation Act review. Quite frankly, I was somewhat excited by some of the comments I saw within the review.
I want to mention two particular areas that I found worked in tandem with a lot of the information we had brought out within my own jurisdiction, my own riding, but also throughout southwestern Ontario, that quite frankly can contribute to the overall economy throughout the entire country. That is found on page 6 in the first part of volume 1:
The fact that connectedness to the world economy provides life-giving oxygen to the Canadian economy has two critical implications. First, the role of transportation and logistics—the efficient movement of people and goods—has become increasingly critical to international competitiveness. In fact, transportation logistics and supply chain efficiency is now seen by various research organizations as more important to global competitiveness than duties and tariff rates.
I think this is something we've learned throughout the years, dealing with both transportation and the economy and seeing the connectedness between both.
My question, Mr. Minister, is with respect to your comment in your opening remarks that you will follow the tabling with a substantial effort to hear from stakeholders across the country, across Canada, about the review's findings. Can you tell the committee exactly, a bit more specifically, what your intention is now to move forward with respect to the Canada Transportation Act review?