THE URGENCY OF THE FIRST LINK: CANADA'S SUPPLY CHAIN AT BREAKING POINT, A NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE.

In their letter of transmission to the Minister, the signatories of the final report of the national "ACT" task force stress twice: • the urgent call for action to address the crisis in the transport supply chain, and • the imperative for the Government of Canada and transport sector stakeholders to join forces to resolve the current crisis... [...] In the current context of international instability, one of the urgent goals of the supply chain in Canada is under the direct control of the federal-provincial authorities: the achievement of a single internal market. [...] A recent and convincing diagnosis of the current state of the Canadian supply chain in the face of the disruptions confronting world trade and the planet. [...] THE ISSUE OF THE LACK AND UNDERUTILIZATION OF DATA IN CANADA The three 2022 reports on the state of the supply chain underlines the critical nature of this issue, which extends beyond the transport portfolio, and put forward a set of 23 complementary recommendations23 that call on the various levels of government in Canada, particularly the federal government. [...] The National Supply Chain Task Force highlighted in its final "ACT" report the recognition by all stakeholders of the fundamental importance of digitization, the need to increase the visibility of data and interactions throughout the supply chain: this is an essential factor in the development and deployment of a coherent multi-stakeholder supply chain data strategy for Canada.