International Trade committee  I believe both the container terminals can double their existing capacity throughput currently. That's a lot of unused capacity that they are ready to take on. I believe the airport is as well. I will ask Joyce to talk to the capacity there.

International Trade committee  We'll work on looking further into the impacts of CETA , so we can market that. We'll also look further into the impacts around the goods and supplies necessary to fuel the megaprojects. We would probably leave the capacity around private sector companies, such as Halterm, up to

International Trade committee  For us, over the past several years the Halifax gateway and gateway partners have actively invested in their infrastructure to ensure they have capacity and have the ability to take on a lot more cargo, whether it be at the airport or at the port of Halifax, or at either one of t

International Trade committee  I can speak to Halterm, the container terminal. They have had infrastructure upgrades. I know they just installed new super post-panamax cranes, so I think they are ready to handle an increase in usage down there. I know they extended the south end container terminal, so we can

International Trade committee  Do you mean from the container terminal?

International Trade committee  It has been in the press the last two days about, I think, pie-in-the-sky thinking around whether there is a potential to move the container terminal. Is that what you're referring to?

International Trade committee  I suppose having a container terminal in the south end is never easy for moving trucks through the downtown, but at this point, the capacity usage at the container terminal is lower now than it has been in the past, so it's probably easier now than in the past. From CN's perspec

International Trade committee  From our perspective, we really focus on Halifax. When the capacity in Halifax is 100% utilized, or nearing 100% utilized, then we think it makes sense to move outward in the province.

International Trade committee  For the events that we did in Europe, we worked very closely with the DFATD offices and the embassies. In some respects, the embassies in certain cities were very good, and in others, I believe they are somewhat challenged because they don't have a lot of resources to help with t

International Trade committee  Well, I'll also ask Joyce to jump in on where she is with the airport. We could really benefit from having greater air cargo lift out of this region, a dedicated freighter service. We could also benefit by having direct flight access on a more regular basis into the European com

International Trade committee  I think that would be something that individual organizations would do on their own. Maybe the data could be aggregated for an overall impact, but the Halifax Gateway Council would not take that on.

International Trade committee  I also think it is a large impediment, though it may be something which as a group we could put on the table to talk to.

International Trade committee  When we made the presentations on the $115 billion in megaprojects combined with CETA, we found the response overwhelming, actually. At the end of every presentation we needed to move on to the next city and we could barely shut the event down. People stayed long after the event

International Trade committee  The Halifax Logistics Park would be an area that could benefit from further review for infrastructure funding. Right now in phase one of the Halifax Logistics Park we only have 48 acres of land left. In order to access the remaining acreage that exists in phase two, roadway infra

International Trade committee  We've seen the marketing piece that's been put out surrounding the impacts from CETA on Nova Scotia, by sector, but that was after it was formally announced.