International Trade committee  Unfortunately, I cannot answer the question. I do not have the necessary information.

International Trade committee  I can speak in general terms. The national trade corridors fund has provided nearly a billion dollars to Canada's port authorities. That's been essential. I come from the air sector, where our infrastructure is set out quite differently, but the way the port authorities are str

International Trade committee  Good morning. Thank you for requesting our appearance today on your study of the status of shipping containers in Canada. My name is Daniel Robert Gooch, president of the Association of Canadian Port Authorities, and I am joined by Debbie Murray, senior director with the associ

Transport committee  I don't know if I can speak to the rail situation, but I know that our ports certainly work very closely with the communities, because they understand that they have an impact on the communities. Many of our ports are right there in the heart of the urban environment. Noise, dust

Transport committee  CBSA is an important partner for our ports. I know that they've been called upon to adjust to rapidly evolving situations over the last couple of years. We want to ensure that there is adequate capacity for all of our ports to do their important work. That includes capacity and t

Transport committee  We see ports that see opportunities to provide more services. I look to the Great Lakes, for example. The 2019 report by your predecessors in this committee listed greater use of the St. Lawrence Seaway as the number one recommendation. Of course, this entails working with our pa

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The NTCF has been a great program. Certainly, $880 million have gone to our ports through that program. I think it's really more about where there may be gaps. One of the challenges that have been identified to us is the ability for ports—particularly smal

Transport committee  Yes, thank you. I don't have a lot to add. I will say that digitalization and better visibility as to what's moving through ports are very important for Canada's port authorities. Certainly, greater knowledge about what's going on in the port helps, and knowledge about the routes

Transport committee  I have spoken to the physical investments in capacity. When it takes longer to get containers off ships, you need a place to store those containers. That's why industrial lands are a big preoccupation of several of our ports. There's also the innovation in technology—the greater

Transport committee  Mr. Dekovic had some great comments on what's going on specific to Vancouver. I'd encourage you to meet with Vancouver in terms of what they're looking at. I know that in addition to their work on the longer-term capacity concerns, they have some immediate concerns around the con

Transport committee  I can start to answer that question.

Transport committee  I will proceed in English. I don't feel I can speak to what specifically was happening in Vancouver. I think the biggest lesson we can take away from that, however, is that we do need to plan for more events like this. I know the word that's been used a lot here is “resiliency”.

Transport committee  I have to say, given that I started in February, I'm really not the best person to weigh in on that, because I was not there. At the time, I was facing challenges with our airports. I could testify on that, but that's not what we're here for today. Really, I wouldn't feel comfo

Transport committee  My understanding is that our ports have actually managed much better than could have been expected, and certainly better than other ports in other parts of the world. When we see major disruptions, it really just highlights the need that ports have identified to do things bette

Transport committee  I think one of the reasons why we are calling for a national strategy on the supply chain, and marine components within that, is that there are so many stakeholders in our communities who have an interest in the outcome of where we go with our investments. There's so much riding