Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good morning, colleagues.
Also, welcome to my honourable colleague from Nanaimo. We have a veritable surplus of Vancouver Islanders on the committee this morning. It's wonderful, although Mr. Marr had the good sense to stay on the west coast.
I'll ask a question of Mr. Marr.
Thank you for joining us, sir.
I'd like to ask you to continue to sketch out this big-picture vision for the port of Nanaimo in the near and medium-term future. As you've already alluded to, we understand that Nanaimo plays a critical role not just for that community but also as the major port for Vancouver Island. We also know that the west coast ports in this country are absolutely critical to our trade diversification efforts, in particular for opening new markets and accessing the Asia-Pacific region.
Could you give us a sketch, please, Mr. Marr, of how you see the port of Nanaimo's role changing over the next decade, beyond just moving more containers?