Finance committee  It was less of a prevention than a lack of clarity in how the Canada Marine Act was initially drafted. There have been conflicting opinions as to whether federal port authorities could bid on and acquire federal real property. The current amendment is simply stating in law now th

Finance committee  I was citing a World Bank study on global transportation supply chain efficiencies that ranked us 14th out of 155 countries. That in itself is not too bad, but the report notes that it's not the absolute ranking. Rather, it's the quintile within which each country is included. Fr

Finance committee  They are China, Hong Kong, and after that my memory fails me, but we can get you that information.

Finance committee  I suspect so, yes.

Finance committee  I certainly can't comment on what has been discussed at higher levels. What I can say is that each port authority is very much embedded in and linked to the community within which it operates, to the extent that there is a municipal representative on each port authority board. Th

Finance committee  Yes, that is correct.

Finance committee  Certainly the development project at the port of Prince Rupert, specifically around their LNG project, is one of the examples the government has been looking to as a project that would be helped by this amendment.

Finance committee  Thank you for the question, sir. In fact, the intention of that particular amendment is to close the gap. In the current division of power, shipping is a federal responsibility but natural resource extraction, safety and health are provincial responsibilities. As ports develop

Finance committee  If they're on port land, they would be leasing a part of that property.

Finance committee  Yes, sir, they are. They are set up to operate as extreme arm's-length organizations from the government. They each have independent boards of directors as well as an executive management team.

Finance committee  Well, sir, I think there are a number of issues that you are touching on in the question. Certainly with respect to port lands, the lands that are under the control of the port authority as described in their letters patent are theirs to manage for the benefits and purposes of ma

Finance committee  Not that I'm aware of, sir. If it is controlled by the port authority, it is the port authority land.

Finance committee  That depends on the individual agreement between the terminal operator, or the lessee in some cases, and the port authority.

Finance committee  There's a single system of governance for the port authority. However, within each port authority there are individual arrangements and different arrangements with terminal operators and with individual businesses based on the business model of each port authority. Some port auth

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, committee members. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. As you noted, sir, my name is Wendy Zatylny and I'm the president of the Association of Canadian Port Authorities, representing the 18 port authorities that make up Can