Thank you, Madam Chair.
Having negotiated with kids and dogs, I know that things can happen incrementally. You give a little, and all of a sudden you've lost your whole ice cream cone kind of thing. This is the concern that I have with respect to the cabotage issue.
As I understand it, what's being permitted now is for any ship to move empty containers from one port to another. You can correct me if I am wrong Mr. Given, but I understand there are no Canadian ships that are doing this business, or none that are interested in doing it at the price they're willing to pay. In fact today, if empties have to go from Montreal to Halifax, they go by train. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think we're losing out on anything at this point.
My question is, if they get their foot in the door here, what do you see next?