Transport committee  The concern we have is—again, because staffing is so critical—just getting the number of people needed in the southern Ontario region for our three bridges and the Peace Bridge. By taking from the pool of CBSA officers—unless there's going to be a big increase in CBSA officers—th

Transport committee  Right, yes.

Transport committee  Right.

Transport committee  We're seeing the same thing. I think our commercial truck traffic is pretty similar to that of the Peace Bridge. We have had a little uptick the last couple of years up until maybe the last fiscal year, when we were down, but we're not at the levels we were at back in 2000.

Transport committee  The other thing with the trucking industry is the issue that it has with the labour and the drivers of the future. There's obviously the big push right now to be autonomous, so it's coming. It's something we'll all have to be ready for in the future.

Transport committee  As far as infrastructure goes at our bridges, it's probably an eight. On the U.S. side right now, we're just starting construction on our phase 2 at the Lewiston project, which is a $90-million project. We finished phase 1 about a year ago, which was $33 million. The original pl

Transport committee  I'll start. I think the question about the direction of technology and where it's going was also asked a little while ago. Whether it's RFID or the NEXUS card, right now this appears to be a short-term solution. Obviously, the long-term solution is biometrics or something along

Transport committee  I have another perspective. We're talking about technology, about the direction of technology and the need and clearly the future of the border. We're talking about the borders of the future and where things are going. It's endless when you hear about what is going on in some of

Transport committee  My name is Ken Bieger. I am the general manager of the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission. As Ron mentioned, we have three bridges. We have the Rainbow Bridge, which is a pedestrian bridge. It's also a high tourist bridge and handles auto traffic. We have the Whirlpool Bridge, whi