Thank you very much, Mr. Maguire.
That brings this round to an end.
Witnesses, I thank you for your openness. What you've been able to enunciate very clearly about the restrictions that come along with interprovincial barriers helps us. This was our last meeting in terms of witnesses for this study. We'll be putting together a report for it.
What we have heard is that there are so many interprovincial barriers. There was the agreement on internal trade that was signed in 1995 by the federal government, the provinces, and the territories in terms of reducing interprovincial trade barriers, and we know that over time a number of barriers have come down, but in talking to a number of witnesses it almost seems that sometimes those barriers get backfilled again by new ones. In talking about it, it seems to me that it leads to protectionism.
When I listen to the entrepreneurs in front of us, this isn't what it's about. It's about you having a great product. Whatever we have in Canada—and it didn't matter whatever the witnesses we had—we have this incredible product in Canada. As we have opened international markets, it sometimes seems easier to get those barriers levelled out than those within our own country and between our provinces and territories.
Thank you so much. It's been an interesting discussion. We appreciate all of you taking the time to come out and join us and be a part of this study.