Transport committee  Well, I've been in this role a year, so I don't consider myself an expert yet. The traffic flows in different directions. For example, the port of Prince Rupert receives very different traffic, destined for the U.S., compared with the port of Vancouver, for example. One thing w

Transport committee  I would say that one thing we've been calling for since before I joined ACPA—and it echoes a call that Ms. Gee spoke to earlier—is a national transportation supply chain strategy that is well thought-out and involves all the stakeholders—the shippers, the ports, the railways and

Transport committee  Thank you for the question. I'm going to answer in English. One of the things that we'd like to do at the Association of Canadian Port Authorities is update a study that we did well before I got there in 2011. It was funded, I believe, in part by Transport Canada, and it looked

Transport committee  Thank you. Members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to address you today as part of your study. My name is Daniel‑Robert Gooch and I am the president and chief executive officer of the Association of Canadian Port Authorities, which represents the 17 Canada Port

Official Languages committee  We have five or six CEOs in Québec, all francophones. We have Martin Imbleau in Montréal, Carl Laberge in Saguenay, who is also the chair of our board of directors, and Pierre Gagnon in Sept‑Îles. We also have Denis Caron in Belledune, New Brunswick.

Official Languages committee  No, I already answered that some complaints were valid. However, some people file complaints like it’s a part-time job.

Official Languages committee  We've even heard of individuals who have gone to our ports and said, “We found this on your website”—

Official Languages committee  Our port authorities strive to offer services in French. What is happening is that there is a game going on whereby individuals are seeking out obscure documents. We've heard of one case of a port getting in trouble because there were two words that were not translated. The Com

Official Languages committee  I don't have a figure in mind. What we would like to see is the requirements being applied in the spirit in which they were intended and that our port authorities not be diverted by individuals who are simply profiting from the system. One of the challenges we have—it's bizarre

Official Languages committee  If I could finish one of my answers, I—

Official Languages committee  Our ports are striving to fulfill the requirements of the Official Languages Act. It's not just about money; it's also about the availability of training. Under federal institutions, there's funding available for French language training. It isn't available to port authorities. E

Official Languages committee  Our members are seeking to comply with the requirements of the OLA. Greater clarity on what the expectations are would be helpful, but we don't believe that what is happening now is in the spirit of the Official Languages Act. We believe it is opportunism, quite frankly.

Official Languages committee  We have heard examples—

Official Languages committee  We do have one request, which is that the port authorities be treated a bit more like the airport authorities. In the way the requirements are written for port authorities, there is an obligation that they are to promote the use of French in the community in the same way that a f

Official Languages committee  I'm not sure that I answered the question. Can I continue to answer the one you asked earlier?