FAST is the free and secure trade program, and a lot of drivers and companies and their shippers are part of that program. It expedites shipments and getting them cleared when they cross the border.
In March 2020, we shut down the FAST processing centres on both sides of the border. What is happening now is they extended people who already had their FAST cards, but the issue is that some people left the industry. When you hire new people to get into the industry, they have to be FAST certified to haul automotive. If you're a Canadian driver who goes onto the U.S. side, you can't haul dangerous goods on the U.S. side without a FAST card.
With these interview centres being closed for over two and a half years on this side of the border, we have a backlog of drivers waiting to get interviews completed, which means they can't cross the border or it takes them longer to cross the border, or they simply can't haul certain products. It is something that needs to be addressed in a short period of time.