Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the presenters here today.
I'm going to start with a statement that the Canadian Federation of Agriculture presented in May 2016 to the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce on issues pertaining to barriers to internal trade. During this presentation CFA identified the two largest obstacles to interprovincial or domestic trade as differing provincial transportation regulations and inconsistencies between provincial and federal inspections required at meat-processing facilities.
The question is for Mr. Rosser.
On interprovincial trucking mandates, has Agriculture and Agri-Food been consulted on the government's plans to implement interprovincial trucking mandates or upcoming mandates being implemented? Have you been consulted about that?