Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  Through the chair, that's a good question. I think there are two components to it. One component is the seaway itself in terms of marketing the land. I think the second component is funding. There are lands—and in fact the lands I refer to are the wharves or docks along the canal—where we just don't have the stability to put industry on that property because it needs to be refurbished or maintained.

Transport committee  I get excited.

Transport committee  Okay, I can go a bit slower. We stepped into another area when the federal government was divesting itself of the local grain elevator on Lake Erie. The city stepped in to acquire it, and entered into a lease agreement with an operator in that case, too. Sometimes it feels like we're going it alone down here.

Transport committee  Sure. I've prepared a few remarks. Hello, thank you for providing me the opportunity to speak to you this afternoon. I am the chief administrative officer of the City of Port Colborne. We are a small municipality of just over 18,000 people on the north shore of Lake Erie in the Niagara region.