International Trade committee  Thank you. To answer your question, all the work plans, all the initiatives, are part of the website that we talked about. The three countries have respective websites. We have links to these websites on our own websites for the Government of Canada. The NACC recommendations have been made public, as we stated.

International Trade committee  It is true that energy is one of the issues discussed among the countries.

International Trade committee  I must confess that I am not an expert on that. The Department of Natural Resources is responsible for energy matters. I do not think I have the knowledge required to answer your question.

International Trade committee  I agree with Mr. Crosbie. These issues are not part of the discussions.

International Trade committee  The issue of tariffs is an integral part of NAFTA, and that is not part of the SPP as such. As I mentioned earlier, the issues discussed among the three governments have been made public. I must also say that I have not seen the study that you are quoting.

International Trade committee  I'm thinking of regulatory cooperation, for example. We want to determine whether we can work with our American and Mexican partners to achieve more compatible regulations among the three countries that would avoid delays at the border. Decisions could be made more quickly if there were joint recognition, cooperation and exchange of scientific data among the three countries.

International Trade committee  The stakeholders, wherever they come from, are welcome to provide input and to communicate with the various working groups and the experts, or with the coordinators, such as me or the one on the security side or at Foreign Affairs, for example. We met with some labour groups, with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, in advance of the ministers' meeting in February, to try to explain to them what SPP was, what it was not, and to have a discussion.

International Trade committee  With regard to your question in terms of transparency of the process, as I said in my opening remarks, and as I think Bill emphasized in his previous testimony, all the information pertaining to SPP has been and will be made public. We've made a report available to leaders; it's on the website.

International Trade committee  Good morning. My name is Alain Beaudoin and it is my pleasure to be here today to discuss the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, the SPP. I am the Executive Director, Innovation Partnerships Branch at Industry Canada. Among my responsibilities, I am in charge of coordinating the prosperity pillar for the Government of Canada.