Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, that is correct. Madame mentioned Asia, and when we think about Asia we always think of the Asia-Pacific gateway on the west coast, but at the port of Halifax, nearly 50% of its containers now arrive from Asia. There's been a significant change and switch in trade flows.

Foreign Affairs committee  That's a great question. It's one that we're dealing with as well. Part of the answer is to really draw a complete picture for the American government and governors, as well as for the businesses along the continental supply chain, as to what the impact of the border tax would b

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for your question, Ms. Laverdière. I will try to answer your question in French, but I might have to switch into English since I always think in English. As to the ports in northern Canada, including Churchill, I must point out that our association represents Canadian

Foreign Affairs committee  There are two sides to that answer, cargo and people. In terms of cargo, most of that would be expressed through the movement of containers that would come in through one of our container ports: Halifax, Montreal, Prince Rupert, or Vancouver. If additional security or screening r

Foreign Affairs committee  Our Canadian port authorities are very much looking forward to the increased traffic flow and have been building toward that and preparing their infrastructure projects and their growth potential as a function of that.

Foreign Affairs committee  It ultimately comes down to recognizing that a port city is a lucky city and to getting that message out there for exactly the reasons you've talked about. But that is a difficult message to convey to people who have to deal with truck movement and light and dust, all of which ar

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm sorry, was the first question how efficient we are?

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. However, let's be clear that we are shared governance organizations; we are not profit-seeking. We do need to have retained earnings, and those are what get reinvested back into port infrastructure investment. We are efficient, and by the measure of port competitiveness, w

Foreign Affairs committee  The global shipping industry is highly competitive. As the American economy grows, we stand to be able to grow with it. Pardon the marine example, but a rising tide lifts all boats. How much of that we will retain or capture relies on our overall competitiveness, which is a funct

Foreign Affairs committee  Primarily, it's shifting global trade flows. Canadian ports have developed other areas of business and other areas of import and export. Consistently over the past decade, we have seen that trend of Canada–U.S. cargo movement declining overall as we've built up other areas.

Foreign Affairs committee  That's probably at the very heart of the story of ports and transportation. As you've noted, there's never not a need for additional infrastructure. To put it in context, about five or six years ago, the association did a study with Transport Canada of the projected growth of Can

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. Good morning, honourable members. My colleague Debbie Murray will be joining us shortly. She is my director of policy and regulatory affairs, and certainly is involved in the nitty-gritty of all the work we do at the association. On behalf of the associati

Finance committee  Eighteen port authorities, yes.

Finance committee  That was a federal government decision when it devolved the various ports and harbours. There were an original 17—now 18—that were considered of strategic significance and were devolved into port authorities, which are shared governance organizations related to the federal govern

Finance committee  First of all, I have to say that the Port of Churchill is a private port. It is not a port authority. They don't fall under our jurisdiction. However, I suspect they face a lot of the same kinds of challenges that many of the ports do around climate change and being able to find