Ports were devolved 25 years ago. They have different resources and they have the same aging infrastructure to maintain. My thought is that they probably need some better financing options to maintain the infrastructure they currently have. In terms of what's being proposed in Bill C-33 to add new advisory and indigenous and community advisory committees, many of these offices are very small in terms of their staffing and their capabilities, so to add those obligations onto the smaller port authorities is challenging.
On October 23rd, 2023. See this statement in context.