International Trade committee  Thank you. Perhaps rather than characterizing it as a weakness, it's a potential for opportunity. I would say the top of the line for me is ports. I know we have good capacity in Halifax and Montreal. We have a tighter situation on the west coast, and for sure on the U.S. west coast.

International Trade committee  Thank you very much for those two questions. The minister is right in the sense that it does appear that other countries are having a disproportionate success with China. However, I wouldn't be quite that negative perhaps, because I do think we have to take to heart some of the lessons of my submission--for example, that trade has become triangular, that the bilateral relationship is not a good way necessarily to summarize the total relationship.

International Trade committee  I do, Mr. Chairman, just a few remarks. Thank you very much. I won't duplicate what I sent in my submission, but just elaborate on a couple of things. Thank you very much for the opportunity to talk to you this morning. I will make my presentation in English, but please feel free to ask your questions in French.