I will just say that there are a lot of gas pedals, so it is absolutely, 100%. Again, not to be a broken record about this, but we are in a general way, and have been for many months, reaching out here in Washington—as are, obviously colleagues in Ottawa—to the new administration, to Congress, to the business community, and to labour leaders, all of whom are supportive of our view that in an economic recovery, especially the one we've just experienced with supply chain challenges, we need to be doubling down on our integration and our mutual support for each other. We have allies across all sorts of different constituencies here in the United States, and we are working those phones all the time.
That is one thing. It has been raised in every ministerial contact that has taken place so far. Even in portfolios where there is maybe less obvious inclination, it is a core priority for Canada, and therefore it is raised.
I think the work will continue, because the infrastructure bill, as you rightly point out, isn't in place yet, but we have had incredibly candid conversations right up to the very top about this particular policy and what it potentially could mean and the challenges that it could pose for both of our countries—not just for us but for them as well. I think those voices are being heard.
I would like to point out one thing. The speed with which this administration reached out to us to start talking to us was incredible. I had the honour of attending the inauguration, and for those of you who have been here, you'll know that the embassy is just down the street from the Capitol, and I hope the rest of you will be able to come once this is behind us. Before I was even back in my office, senior members of the White House were phoning to make contact and talk about what Canada's core priorities were. In that discussion our energy relationship, energy infrastructure, buy American, softwood lumber— all of those issues—were raised on day one of this administration.