Thank you, Mr. Iacono.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Cato, I want to go a step further and talk about vision and next steps. As was mentioned earlier, we have established a ports modernization review. A supply chain task force report is currently under way. We have the St. Lawrence Seaway review, Bill C-33 and Bill C-52 amongst reports that have been completed or are under way. To date we have those to update as well as to modernize.
This committee has completed two interim studies on establishing a transportation logistics strategy. In 2015 David Emerson completed a CTA review, making numerous recommendations, as I'm sure you've read.
You spoke about governance reforms within individual—individual—port structures to ensure that they're establishing and adhering to their individual strategic plans; governance that reflects supply chain experience, as you mentioned; but equally as important, experiencing and working in partnership with communities, other partners that are part of the supply chain to look at the bigger picture.
With that said, my question is this: Do you feel there should exist a binational body that would work toward establishing a binational transportation strategy that would strengthen a binationally integrated supply chain—operational in capital, moving away from protectionism, and with that, of course, ensuring that the fracture between capital transportation investments between both countries does not happen but that these investments are actually done together—and more toward an integrated North American economy, in turn strengthening our combined international trade performance?