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Transport committee I sure can. I think there are two different elements to this. One is from a corridor perspective. I'll speak to the northern B.C. and Alberta corridor that is associated with us. As we see increased volume move through specific corridors, growth in traffic, and communities—larg
October 26th, 2022Committee meeting
Ken Veldman
Transport committee I hope it came across as a part of my presentation that it certainly isn't just port-related employers that are facing labour shortage issues; this problem moves through the rest of the community as well. While that is true, Ms. Koutrakis made the comment earlier around wages, a
October 26th, 2022Committee meeting
Ken Veldman
Transport committee Thank you. I'm happy to do that. The initiatives are both in a general way within the community as well as specifically into labour. Speaking initially from a port authority perspective, one thing we've been able to do is act as a coordinator for not just our port-related employ
October 26th, 2022Committee meeting
Ken Veldman
Transport committee Thank you for the invitation to speak today from the traditional territories of the Ts'msyen people. The port of Prince Rupert consists of terminals that facilitate Canadian trade through intermodal containers, dry and liquid bulk, and cruise facilities. We currently ship about
October 26th, 2022Committee meeting
Ken Veldman
Transport committee Thank you. I'd be happy to. I mentioned the size of our investment portfolio earlier. We have private sector investment ready to be deployed. The reality is that we have projects, whether export logistics transload or Vopak Pacific Canada and their proposal to move more transiti
May 2nd, 2022Committee meeting
Ken Veldman
Transport committee I can. Thank you, Taylor. Obviously there was a very unexpected event there. Especially with our partners at CN, we were able to divert several shipments that otherwise would have been bound into and out of Vancouver for a number of products, including agri and coal containers.
May 2nd, 2022Committee meeting
Ken Veldman
Transport committee I absolutely can. As I said in my opening remarks, we've seen remarkable growth over the last 10 to 15 years, really to the benefit of Canada, and we expect that our next decade will be just as dynamic. Certainly on the intermodal side of things, we're seeing already significan
May 2nd, 2022Committee meeting
Ken Veldman
Transport committee Good morning from the traditional territory of the Tsimshian people on the north coast of British Columbia. As many of you will know, the Prince Rupert Port Authority is responsible for the overall planning, development, marketing and management of commercial port facilities wi
May 2nd, 2022Committee meeting
Ken Veldman