Good morning. I want to thank everyone for allowing me the opportunity to speak.

What I'm here to speak about today are some of the challenges we're encountering at our deepwater port in Port Windsor.

Morterm Limited is located in Windsor. It's located a stone's throw from North America's busiest international border with the U.S. Some of the challenges we're facing are with the movement of goods back and forth, first from Canada into the U.S. then back from the U.S. into Canada. Customers would like to simplify the regulatory process by cutting the unnecessary red tape to make cross-border trade easier.

We have identified challenges with moving product across borders once the shipments arrive at our warehouse and at the port of Windsor. Morterm customers would like the option of shipping product not only by truckload but also by the entire cargo that arrives at our terminal. Much of the product we handle at Morterm is steel, aluminum, steel plate, project cargo and those types of commodities. These could be moved as one lot as opposed to individual truckloads, which creates a lot of red tape and administrative work for the customers and Morterm.

If we could propose a few solutions to help streamline the process, they would include a trusted carrier and a fast-pass type of solution similar to what the auto carriers and other OEMs use in North America.

Another solution could be the development of a free trade zone in the Windsor area, where customers could land product or commodities in Windsor for further shipment into the U.S. Currently, Morterm has a bonded area in one of our warehouses, and customers take advantage of this for convenience and to move products back and forth. However, the area is limited and fairly small.

I would also like to talk about another possible solution: a sufferance warehouse. We are continually being asked by customers in Europe and the U.S. about moving product into the Windsor area or Canada and landing it in a sufferance warehouse, where product could be stored and then moved in and out of the sufferance warehouse under one bond or limited paperwork. There is a real need for a sufferance warehouse in our location. We believe it's a strategic location in North America that products could move to and from very easily and quickly.

We are a multimodal facility with rail connections to CPKC and CN. We also have a direct connection to CSX in the U.S. Customers are eagerly looking to bring cargo into Windsor because of the connections to the 400-series highways, North American highways and rail shipments.

We would love to be able to continue these discussions and look at some solutions that would make sense for Morterm and Canada.