Working Group 1 – Sector Development Opportunities
Committee co-chairs :
Martin Ball
President and CEO
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Working Group 1 – Sector Development Opportunities
Mandate

Propose development perspectives and opportunities.

Provide Greater Montreal’s freight transport and logistics sector with tools and measures to improve their competitiveness and increase their contribution to the region’s economic development.

ONGOING KEY PROJECTS

In charge of this working group Amy Lombard, Project Manager : alombard@cargo-montreal.ca

Discussions with the MEIE, the Montreal Port Authority (MPA) and regional county municipalities (MRCs) regarding the development of a logistics hub on Montreal’s South Shore.

  • Perimeter of the South Shore logistics hub: the Autoroute 30 corridor from Sorel-Tracy to Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
  • Discussions with the MPA to advance the project and organize meetings and workshops to assess municipal interest

Updates, promotion and post-funding considerations (2026) for the Cap Saint-Laurent Directory.

Planning the strategy for distributing the report Issues related to municipal regulations, urban planning and sustainable development in the logistics sector to raise awareness among elected officials.

Benchmarking the practices of other clusters in economic development to support our respective sectors.

Goals

Improve the efficiency of transportation and logistics in Greater Montreal.

Identify the keys to success to attract new distribution centres and make Greater Montreal a recognized and sought-after hub for its competitiveness.

Achievements

Imposition of U.S. tariffs:

  • Participated in several meetings with various levels of government and with economic development organizations 
  • Created a member survey on potential impacts 
  • Adapted Intermodal’s media monitoring to include coverage related to tariffs

Completion of the Infra-S report in partnership with the Ville de Montréal: Issues related to municipal regulations, urban planning and the sustainable development of the logistics sector.

Cap Saint-Laurent Directory:

  • Coordination meetings with partners: St. Lawrence Economic Development Council (Sodes), the Ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie (MRIF) and the Ministère de l’Économie, de l’Innovation et de l’Énergie (MEIE) 
  • Promotion of the directory

Centre zone franche:

  • Presentation of Centre zone franche (Czf) to various companies through export acceleration programs 
  • Presentation of CZF at a networking event organized in collaboration with Supply Chain Canada

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