Transport committee  I didn't catch that part of the testimony the other day. I think that's an interesting concept. It's certainly worth exploring. My earlier comments notwithstanding, labour is a crucial element of the overall system, and if they're not part of the solutions, then we're missing a v

Transport committee  To address that elephant in the room, or the sacred cow of labour, as much as we—us included—don't like to talk about it that much, we find ourselves speaking about it now in somewhat muted terms. That needs to be part of the discussion, for all the points you mentioned. Labour i

Transport committee  I might have some different views. A binational strategy does sound interesting and is probably worth pursuing to a certain degree, but we have to be careful that we don't.... In trying to change our regulations, we should focus on streamlining regulations to make business more

Transport committee  I'm hoping the budget at four o'clock this afternoon might unlock some of that, but we'll see. We're hopeful that there will be some attention paid to those points in the upcoming budget. There's no question that they take funding. These things don't get done without financial r

Transport committee  Let's get the strategy under way, and let's get some alignment among government agencies involved in the supply chain piece. We need some greater visibility across departments so that we have less siloing of actors within the supply chain on the federal side.

Transport committee  I believe the most important thing we can do right now is create the strategy that many people have been talking about at this committee. That strategy is so important. I've spent the last 35-plus years visiting ports in Canada and around the world, from both a seagoing perspec

Transport committee  I'll kick it off. Thank you for the question. It's a great one. I'll tackle the competitiveness with the U.S. first. That is an important point. We can't forget about our neighbours to the south. As I mentioned in my opening remarks about cargo being king, once cargo finds anoth

Transport committee  Absolutely, yes, and my comments didn't even factor in the automation piece. It's a fact that automation is coming to many parts of our lives. There is a role automation can play in terminal operations. It's been proven, and it doesn't necessarily mean a loss of jobs. It doesn't

Transport committee  I will be brief to allow for Mr. Guy to weigh in. From our perspective and an ocean carrier perspective, things went relatively well. Yes, there were bottlenecks at times, no question about it, but from our view, the issues that caused the bottlenecks were not new. They were not

Transport committee  We're very concerned about labour in general, not just shortages but the overall efficiency of how labour is organized in Canada's major ports. There are perhaps other models, other ways, that could make the system more efficient in how labour is deployed, but that is an issue th

Transport committee  Thank you for the question. It's not an easy one, indeed. Like many things in organizations, it all starts with a strategy. Without a strategy, you can't have any plans. Things end up being a little more piecemeal and ad hoc without them. I certainly don't have a recommendation

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members. Good morning. It's a pleasure to be here this morning on behalf of the Shipping Federation of Canada, which is the national association that represents the owners, operators and agents of ocean ships that carry Canada's imports and ex

Fisheries committee  The marine insurance regime is quite complex. In a situation like that where there's a liability issue, the “protection and indemnity clubs”, as they are called, would come into play, and it would be the club that the ship used as its indemnity provider. My experience is that, y

Fisheries committee  That's very interesting. I am not aware of the situation you refer to with the Zim Kingston and the perceived problems with the insurer, but I would comment that during the cleanup phase when unified command was being stood up, I would estimate that the actions of the shipowner

Fisheries committee  I'm sorry but I don't have enough information to comment on that.