Transport committee  There is. We hear about the grants that are out there. Through some of our local politicians we're told about them. Sometimes we're not really clear how it works and how it gets implemented, so we need assistance. Some of them are very good at that, so far. Until this point, we

Transport committee  Not directly. We went through a collaborative approach with the region at one time that we thought was going to do that for us, but in fact it became the lesser of needs, I believe, and was set aside.

Transport committee  I'm not the expert on that in our company.

Transport committee  I would say it's more on the modernizing side. If there were new vessels, and certainly if there was a depth change, then of course all ports would probably be affected on the Great Lakes in regard to what they could handle. You would have to find out what that modernization of t

Transport committee  It can be financial in regard to the infrastructure. It can be things like policies as well. I believe it has to be a collaborative approach in regard to these things, to better the corridor itself.

Transport committee  It's in regard to the maintenance of the docks and taking advantage of some new technologies that could be out there as well. The real core for us currently—the most pressing thing—is maintenance of docks and maintaining those docks.

Transport committee  A lot of similar points are being brought up here in regard to the infrastructure being required, the training of personnel to be increased in regard to your access to new clientele, so being prepared with new equipment, new ideas, having long-term agreements and a multimodal cap

Transport committee  We need access to funding. We need continuing dialogue between government and different groups making decisions, so everybody understands those requirements.

Transport committee  Certainly, when we see a delay in our industry, it's because of access to docks—for example, if the dock already has a ship on it. Investment in infrastructure would allow for better access within the system.

Transport committee  Certainly from the shore side, we see again that it can be done safely. The procedures are in place to handle this product and to do it in a safe manner without putting the environment at risk.

Transport committee  We believe there's good communication flow that occurs among the different groups—the pilots, the shipping lines, us—with regard to cargoes and transits and utilization of the dock. All things said, they can always be improved. There could be other things placed that would allow

Transport committee  For instance, the service provided to Stelco includes the unloading of raw materials from vessels in Quebec City, raw materials destined for the Hamilton area, where they are transformed into semi-finished products that will in turn be loaded on vessels by our team and transited

Transport committee  Our local management, with our JV partners' support, favours efficient communication with local stakeholders, such as elected officials, civil servants and citizen groups. This allows us to understand better the economic communities we evolve in and to adapt quickly to local chal

Transport committee  This means that the global commercial environment and operating landscape will most likely continue changing at a greater pace in the future. In our opinion, to stay competitive, the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes strategic trade corridor must be rooted in renewed, locally based co

Transport committee  My name is Bruce Graham, vice-president at Great Lakes Stevedoring, part of the QSL team.