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Transport committee  As the minister said, the first phase of procurement will be launched very shortly. The first phase is meant to address Quebec City to Toronto. The second phase is also front and centre for us, and I have no doubt we are on the right path. The analysis, information and work we ar

February 17th, 2022Committee meeting

Serge Bijimine

Transport committee  Yes, certainly. To date, the government has invested $660 million in the small businesses and 130,000 Canadians who have taken advantage of the incentives to purchase a zero-emission vehicle. This has resulted in a cumulative reduction of five megatonnes of greenhouse gases, or

February 17th, 2022Committee meeting

Serge Bijimine

Transport committee  It was a very good meeting, involving six ministers, 80 CEOs of companies and financial leaders, and it focused on three main themes. The first theme was investing in our physical infrastructure with climate change in mind. The second theme was investment in digital infrastruct

February 17th, 2022Committee meeting

Serge Bijimine

Transport committee  Yes, we are. This is a global situation. What's happening in the United States is also happening in Canada. There is a shortage of containers. They come from Asia, then they are turned around quickly. We are looking at this problem very closely. Today, the Competition Bureau is

February 17th, 2022Committee meeting

Serge Bijimine

Transport committee  Sure. I just want to go back to the point around the supply chain task force. The supply chain task force has not been established yet, but as the minister also said, the national supply chain summit was the first event in a series of events. There will be regional events, and we

February 17th, 2022Committee meeting

Serge Bijimine

Transport committee  Thanks. We will take it into consideration.

February 17th, 2022Committee meeting

Serge Bijimine

Transport committee  We'll have to look at it a bit more. Our understanding is it would still have an intra-provincial element that would fall under provinces. What you've raised is an interesting angle and something we've been talking about with the provinces for the last six months or so. There i

February 17th, 2022Committee meeting

Serge Bijimine

Transport committee  We haven't established a task force yet.

February 17th, 2022Committee meeting

Serge Bijimine

Transport committee  Certainly. I have some quick numbers. At the Ambassador Bridge, the six days of blockades basically stopped almost $400 million in trade flow each day, so we're looking at about $2.4 billion. In Coutts, the 18 days stopped $48 million on a daily basis, so around $864 million tota

February 17th, 2022Committee meeting

Serge Bijimine

Transport committee  I hope everyone can hear me just fine. It's my first time at TRAN. I've heard that TRAN is made up of very nice people. Just to pick up on what Arun was saying, I think you hit the nail on the head. There are also the regional air transportation initiative of $200 million and th

February 17th, 2022Committee meeting

Serge Bijimine