Fisheries committee  Well, I think they're all Canadian interests. For example, in Prince Rupert, there's one port authority, and so the port gets invited. However, there are five different first nations bands, so all five bands get invited to the table. Right away, you have five individual groups

Fisheries committee  I'll just add that scale is everything. It's everything in any industry. That's why the ships are getting larger, and even in the Port of Prince Rupert we have a certain area of the port, a certain piece of property, that is becoming uneconomical because the shipping channels int

Fisheries committee  I don't think MPAs will have an impact. I think the global market conditions, the price of the commodities, and whether or not those projects are economically viable will have the biggest impact. That's really what's driving the timing of those projects, the international markets

Fisheries committee  There's no doubt about it and this is a challenge. It's not just an environmental challenge. It's also a transportation challenge that in the ports located in major metropolitan areas—and we talk about it in the transportation industry—the crucial part is the last mile and even m

Fisheries committee  There are already stringent guidelines in place. The port authorities go out and ensure that everything is sealed and there have not been any water transfers within Canadian waters. Although there are changes taking place, there are still preventative measures required to ensure

Fisheries committee  Absolutely. Actually, Mr. Lewis-Manning said earlier that once you have them designated, you can focus on those laneways with technology, and improve them once they're established.

Fisheries committee  I don't have any particular knowledge to be able to answer that.

Fisheries committee  Well, it's a combination of factors. We don't have as much truck traffic. In fact, we have very little truck traffic because—

Fisheries committee  The rail tracks are right on the terminal, and so quite literally the container is off-loaded from the vessel and put right onto the train, and the train leaves within hours of the vessel arriving. Second, the rail grade of the track to Prince Rupert, through the Rocky Mountains,

Fisheries committee  The hand-off between land and sea?

Fisheries committee  Thank you, because you're allowing me to brag about Prince Rupert.

Fisheries committee  I'll do that. Because Prince Rupert is a non-metro port in a non-metro environment—

Fisheries committee  —we're unlike most of our competitors on the west coast, which are in major, large metropolitan areas so a large portion of the traffic—I'm talking about containers—is destined for that marketplace and the terminal is congested with truck traffic moving containers to and from war

Fisheries committee  Absolutely. It's the lowest carbon footprint port on the west coast.

Fisheries committee  It would be a similar answer. There's an ongoing dialogue.