International Trade committee  I did. Can you hear me now?

International Trade committee  I said absolutely it should pass right away without delay. Let the inertia carry it over the finish line.

International Trade committee  I'll reiterate and go back to one of the comments I made in my remarks related to the Gordie Howe bridge. This will be approximately a $6-billion project, which taps into the Herb Gray parkway, which is a multi-billion dollar project to connect the 401 to this crossing. It will b

International Trade committee  On behalf of FCM, let me reiterate our appreciation. All cities across Canada are appreciative of the doubling of the gas tax. It has been a crucial mechanism for municipalities to reinvest in transit systems and mobility solutions. When I look at my own community—if I drove th

International Trade committee  That's a very good question, and I love the city of Surrey as well, sir, so no disrespect to your community. It's a great community in Canada. From an FCM perspective, we're all about community building and building cities and making sure that cities have the capacity to compete

International Trade committee  For many businesses, including the tool, die and mould sector here in my region, I would say absolutely it does. Most of them are small and medium-sized enterprises, so they need that certainty in order to be able to figure out what their expansion plans are and what kind of capa

International Trade committee  I don't see any issue with respect to blockages. I think the extra capacity with the bridge will certainly mean redundancy in the system, and all the high-tech infrastructure that's being installed will certainly allow goods to cross much more quickly than with the existing infra

International Trade committee  Mr. Lewis, it's nice to see you as well. I haven't seen you since you were sworn in, so congratulations to you and to all the members who were elected and re-elected. To the best of my knowledge, the FCM has not conducted that particular type of analysis. From a high level, if w

International Trade committee  Thank you very much. Good afternoon, Madam Chair, Parliamentary Secretary Bendayan and members of the Standing Committee on International Trade. As I sit in my office right now at Windsor City Hall, what you can't quite see—you'll have to trust me, and you can pull up your Googl