Transport committee  Thank you for your question. The needs of the north have definitely been clearly articulated and identified in the national trade corridors fund. Northern projects were eligible under the first round of funding, and in fact there's a $400-million carve-out for transportation inf

Transport committee  As I mentioned earlier, in terms of Atlantic Canada and the projects that were selected in Newfoundland and Labrador, we really looked at four priorities for the first call for proposals. One of those was the resiliency, safety and security of some key transportation assets. One

Transport committee  Do you mean the port handling productivity? I'm not sure if I completely understand.

Transport committee  I can speak to that. A number of projects have started. They have started construction. They started this summer. In fact, we have actually paid some claims and invoices from those projects. Some are longer-term in nature. It's an 11-year fund. We have a number of projects that

Transport committee  If it's the will of the committee, we can go back and provide that information.

Transport committee  I can certainly do that. The first project is the optimization of the intermodal network within the port. The federal contribution to that is $18.4 million. That's going to improve some of the infrastructures in the port, the underground infrastructure supporting the network, new

Transport committee  Improving the fluidity of the movement of goods within the port, and optimizing that by having more capacity to take the containers off a ship and load them onto a railcar, means that those goods are moving more quickly from the port onto the road or rail network. When you start

Transport committee  It's an excellent question. When we look at the first round of national trade corridors funding and the priorities supporting that call, the first priority was how those projects addressed bottlenecks. The second priority and consideration in the evaluation of projects was how th

Transport committee  It may not be a fight against climate change. A study was approved in Atlantic Canada that's looking at the Chignecto Isthmus and the implications for that project in the face of rising sea levels: what may happen and what sort of resilient infrastructure can be added to that. I

Transport committee  The fund itself is applicant-driven. We would look to those organizations if they have projects that are ready to move ahead. If they have the plans in place and their share of the funding, they're more than welcome to apply. One of the challenges we had with the first round is

Transport committee  If the province were to bring that forward as a proposal, and if through the evaluation it was shown to address the priorities of the national trade corridors fund, it would definitely be something that could be considered.

Transport committee  It was in 2018.

Transport committee  I'll start, and then maybe my colleagues can jump in if I miss any details. One thing we've seen through the consultations and discussions with applicants and interested parties for the national trade corridors fund is a real demand for that infrastructure. During your visits,

Transport committee  My name is Martin McKay. I am the director of the transportation infrastructure programs group, with the fundamental responsibility of delivery of the national trade corridors fund.