Transport committee  Go ahead, Ms. Pasher. You haven't had much to say. Please go ahead.

Transport committee  Thank you for the question. It is complex, and it depends on what chemistries or what products you're involved with. Certainly, I think there is an effort to improve the resiliency of supply chains, and those of you in municipalities are going to see a significant demand for in

Transport committee  The question came up earlier, “What about the next five to 10 years?” That's not really the issue. We're trying to attract investments in facilities that need to produce for the next 40 years. I will come back to what I mentioned earlier about Canada's stated population goals. We

Transport committee  Is the question directed to me?

Transport committee  There are definitely opportunities. Every customer and every shipper is different. What I would say, again, is that when you think about Canada's chemistry sector, we largely ship in the United States, so enhanced movement across the Great Lakes could be helpful. However, the fut

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Rogers, for your question. I'm going to defer to my colleague, Kara Edwards, who can talk especially about the importance of data and information to level the playing field between shippers and rail companies. Thank you, Kara.

Transport committee  Kara, I'll pass it to you. I have some quick answers, but you get the specifics.

Transport committee  That said, certainly our industry is always providing information to government, and there are procedures to do that to protect confidential business information. Anything we can provide that will strengthen the transportation system and improve the relationship between the right

Transport committee  We do. We talk a lot about regulatory harmonization with the United States, and this would be a good place to look, but I have a slight correction. The U.S. does not go first to binding arbitration. The first thing is that the two parties table their demands and needs. There is d

Transport committee  Thank you, Chair Schiefke. It's nice to see you again. It has been a while. I am joined today by Kara Edwards, our director of transportation. Canada's chemistry industry is the third-largest manufacturing sector in the country and the second-largest rail shipper. Every day, w

Finance committee  Yes, that's not correct, but please continue.

Finance committee  It does provide some opportunities, and certainly we have had three major investments in Canada that have participated in the strategic innovation fund to date, totalling, I believe, a proposed $9 billion. One of those investments was put on hold due to COVID. We'll see if it com

Finance committee  Thank you, sir. To clarify, it's not just the challenge of attracting foreign capital into Canada as we saw in the earlier Barton report not that many years back; we also have a problem with the outflow of Canadian capital. Canadians aren't investing in Canada, nor are global in

Finance committee  Ms. Lloyd articulated the total amount. Her number was much higher than the one I had in mind. I think our estimate was close to $9 billion of government expenditures that would send that strong signal that this economy has to transition to a net-zero economy in the coming decade

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members. My apologies; this is the time I was assigned. I am pleased to be with you on behalf of Canada's chemistry and plastics manufacturers. Combined, they represent nearly an $80 billion-a-year industry in Canada. It's the third-largest