Oh, oh! That's harder if we both speak at the same time.
My next question concerns the distinction between small and large ports. Under this bill, ports would have to submit quarterly financial statements and establish advisory committees to discuss municipalities, citizens and Indigenous groups. I have to say that, in many respects, people felt there wasn't enough dialogue with the ports, so those provisions of the bill would perhaps promote discussion, in addition to improving transparency.
However, the Port of Montreal and the Port of Vancouver don't have the same resources as the Port of Saguenay, which has approximately 14 employees. Some witnesses came and told the committee that implementing what's required in the bill would force them to hire two persons and would cost them $200,000.
Wouldn't it be smarter to draw a distinction between the large ports, which have the necessary funding and resources to make the required changes regarding organization and the sharing of information, and the smallest ports, which have fewer resources? Wouldn't it make more sense to lower requirements for the smallest ports, or perhaps to exempt them, wholly or partially, from those new provisions.