Sure. Thank you for that. That is a great question.
The supply chain task force report came out last October, I believe, and had a series of recommendations, 21 recommendations in total. I think one in particular was around the ports and the role they play in the supply chain. When we received the report, we were right in the middle of writing our “What we heard” report for the port modernization review, which had started back in 2018, so what we did is that we incorporated elements of the supply chain task force report and basically came out with another report that laid out five key streams of work.
The first one was supporting the competitiveness of Canada's economy by facilitating the movement of goods, and this bill attempts to do that. The second was strengthening relationships with indigenous peoples and local communities, and this bill attempts to do that as well. The third was around promoting environmentally sustainable infrastructure and operations, and this bill attempts to do that as well. It is also enhancing port safety and security and optimizing governance and financial management.
All that is to say that the work we're doing through Bill C-33 is really a down payment on the upcoming national transportation supply chain, and the national supply chain task force report is a report that we often use to feed the policies, regulations and strategy we're hoping to develop in the coming months.