Location: New Brunswick

Issue/Source: Campobello Island ferry

Date: April 30, 2021

Location: National

Issue/Source: NAV Canada's level of service review at selected operational sites

Date: April 27, 2021

Location: From Prince Deward Island to New Brunswick

Issue/Source: Concern that tolls may increase due to the pandemic

Date: April 29, 2021

Location: National

Issue/Source: Huron Central Railway under the National Trade Corridors Fund

Date: April 29, 2021

Q1: What is the importance of the Port of Montreal to the Canadian economy?

• Port of Montréal is a key international and domestic gateway of critical importance to the Canadian economy.
• It is the 2nd largest container port in Canada and the largest on Canada’s East Coast. The Port handles $275 million worth of cargo daily and supports more than 19,000 direct and indirect jobs.

Q2: What kind of goods transit through the Port of Montreal?

Key Messages

• Port of Montreal is a key international and domestic gateway of critical importance to the Canadian economy, handling $275 million worth of cargo daily, and supporting more than 19,000 direct and indirect jobs.
• The economic impact of the pandemic has already placed our transportation system under unprecedented stress.
• Canadian ports, rail lines, and trucking companies have been stretched and working at full capacity to keep goods available for Canadians.
• In this context, the strike at the Port of Montreal

Key Messages

• Port of Montreal is a key international and domestic gateway of critical importance to the Canadian economy.
• It is the second largest container port in Canada and the largest on Canada’s East Coast. The Port handles $275 million worth of cargo daily, and supports more than 19,000 direct and indirect jobs.
• The economic impacts of the pandemic has already placed our transportation system under unprecedented stress.

Executive summary

• The COVID-19 pandemic has abruptly upended supply chains, placing global and national transportation systems under unprecedented stress in a highly volatile economic environment.

Key messages:

• The Port of Montréal is the 2nd largest container port in Canada after Vancouver, handling over 1.6 million Twenty Foot Equivalent Units (TEU) and 35 million tonnes of cargo, representing about $40 billion in goods.
• It is estimated that the cost to the Canadian economy of a full shutdown of the Port could reach between $40M and $100M per week.
• About 50% of the total tonnage of bulk commodities handled at the Port, is not impacted.