Transport committee  Right. The seaway has commented that keeping it open longer wouldn't have made any impact anyway in seven of the 10 past years. Comments about that would be helpful.

Transport committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you for being here today, everybody. I just want to clarify one comment that you had at the beginning, Mr. Comerford, with regard to the legalization of marijuana. You said that when October 17 comes and goes, there will be no changes in what you'r

Transport committee  Even though it will be legal in Canada on October 17, presumably it would still be illegal to bring it into Canada. Is that what you're saying?

Transport committee  Okay. That's interesting. I want to focus most of my question on some of the comments. Mr. Comerford, I think you might be interested in commenting, as well as Mr. Reinas and Mr. Bieger. Mr. Bieger, you mentioned it, but I'm sorry, I didn't really catch it when you said that th

Transport committee  Presumably this is because there's now a new border crossing. Without having an increase in members, some would have to go there. You'd basically be splitting that.

Transport committee  The Ambassador Bridge also received a permit to increase its size. I imagine that would also cause some concern for you. Without any additional officers, do you feel that it would be understaffed? Is that appropriate to say?

Transport committee  Mr. Reinas, you mentioned the Gordie Howe bridge in your opening comments as well. We're seeing an additional 12 lanes, essentially, with the permit of the Ambassador and the Gordie Howe. Do you see that as a necessary number of lanes to accommodate traffic the way it is right no

Transport committee  Right.

Transport committee  Okay. It's a lot more, though.

Transport committee  Has the City of Port Colborne had those discussions with the federal government, with Transport Canada, or with any officials at the federal level?

Transport committee  I'm sensing there are three players here—yourselves, the seaway and the federal government. It doesn't appear that anybody is really talking in terms of moving this forward. Have you had conversations with the seaway in terms of progress?

Transport committee  Who would that be? Would that be a development company? What are you envisioning in terms of the economic development opportunities?

Transport committee  Thank you both. I suspect you didn't have to travel far to be here, being from the region. Mr. Luey, I pulled up Port Colborne on the map here, and it looks beautiful. There's even a street named Sugarloaf Street, which I think would be a tourist attraction itself. I'm curious

Transport committee  When you say “seaway”, who is that?

Transport committee  The guys who were before us, St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation.