Mr. Baudry is right: We're making these investments for users and to have more efficient and competitive infrastructure.
One of the things I mentioned was our bulk handling project, which will end in June of this year. We had support from the national trade corridors fund, which was critical to our being able to do this.
We also need to expand our port facilities to meet existing demand as well as future demand resulting from the development of strategic and industrial critical minerals projects in the port industrial zone. Last fall's announcement about the new trade diversification corridors fund is critical to this development.
An organization like ours has limited financial resources but significant responsibilities in serving its industry, so it needs the support of its partners, including the provincial government and the federal government. In our case, even the municipality of Saguenay is involved because we manage public infrastructure for the good of the public, and there is a fairly significant level of risk upstream. That said, it pays to have this infrastructure when we need it, but it takes a long time to develop it.
