It's hard for me to comment on a political direction that really flows from cabinet and ministers.
What I can tell you, though, is that, theoretically, when it comes to trade negotiations or foreign trade policy, Canada has always favoured a multilateral approach as much as possible. When the maximum number of players all follow the same trade rules, it gives rise to synergies and cross effects.
In the case of NAFTA, the fact that three countries represent a very significant economic mass means that Canadian exporters can source inputs from the U.S. and Mexico. For example, a Canadian business can export a product to the U.S. and enjoy the benefits afforded by NAFTA because the product includes inputs from NAFTA countries.
If you were to reduce the number of countries making up that whole, and suddenly, you could no longer source inputs from Mexico, it would certainly have an impact on your operational effectiveness and efficiency. That was one of the advantages of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, whose 12 members represent 40% of global gross domestic product.
The more member countries in a free trade agreement, the more you can source inputs from those countries. By and large, the more countries there are in the free trade agreement, the more flexibility our exporters have in terms of sourcing inputs within that zone.