Certainly.
Our focus right now is port facilities. For many of them, import and export is the first step in subsequent distribution by rail or other modes of transportation. Our recommendation is to look at which port facilities could be developed to support heavy industrial secondary and tertiary transformation in the vicinity of port facilities.
One example of where that could apply is the Bécancour Port, which is involved in transshipment and servicing heavy industrial activities within the industrial park. What it does is complementary because the primary clients, the aluminum smelters and other processors, use the port facilities. However, the facilities are also used for staging other types of cargo and coordinating shipments to Canada's Arctic.
To sum up, these port facilities are becoming multi-purpose. They can pivot over time in response to changing supply chain needs. The government should focus on these types of port facilities, and not just on developing ports themselves, but also on developing everything that can gravitate around them so as to create long-term jobs and industries.
