With this submission, the Government of Canada has:
- provided a fact-based overview of Canada’s transportation system;
- described some of the economic linkages that underpin the most successful bilateral trading relationship in the world;
- emphasized the importance of strategic and collaborative infrastructure planning and investment programs;
- highlighted the different governance and financing characteristics of Canadian and US ports;
- provided an accurate description of the movement of containerized cargo throughout the integrated North American marketplace based on robust and independent data; and
- stressed the importance of market-based business practices to the development and application of transportation and trade policy.
The Government of Canada supports safe, secure, efficient, and environmentally responsible supply chains on both sides of our shared border and respectfully recommends that the facts presented in this submission be reflected in the Federal Maritime Commission’s Final Report.
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