Mr. Speaker, obviously I am somewhat aware of the activities at the ports of Halifax and Saint John. It has been a need for Canada to be able to ship and receive goods from its major ports on the east coast for the last 40 or 50 years.
I find it rather unusual that anyone would question the activities of the port of Montreal, as essential as that port is to the economy of Canada as a whole. Therefore we fully intend to continue to provide services from the port of Montreal as we hope we will be able to do with enhanced activity at the ports of Saint John and Halifax.