Resolution

WHEREAS Transport Canada is currently undertaking a Ports Modernization Review;

WHEREAS Saskatchewan producers and other export industries have become increasingly reliant on the Port of Vancouver for trade and market access;

WHEREAS western Canadian provinces, as a group, ship up to 85% of the Port of Vancouver’s export value but only have 9% of the representation on its Board of Directors;

BE IT RESOLVED that APAS strongly support the request that Port of Vancouver governance structure be updated to include greater representation from western provincial governments and the export dependent industries in their jurisdictions.