Thank you for the question, through you, Mr. Chair.
If any jurisdiction has found that these older archaic Prohibition-era laws certainly don't make sense in today's environment and are impeding jobs and economic growth, I think we'd all agree that they should be putting their shoulder to the wheel and making an effort to update some of these laws.
Cathy McLeod, the member of Parliament to the east of me, has done a lot of great work on the red tape commission. They actually identified this particular piece of legislation as being one of the major holdbacks for the wine industry. This is something that I think needs to be done.
I think, though, we also have to bear in mind that this is an area of provincial responsibility. That's why the language in the bill is such that it respects provincial jurisdiction and allows provinces to set appropriate policy in consultation with their industry and their consumers. That's something I'm very supportive of. If the bill can be improved by some other means while still protecting provincial autonomy in this regard, I certainly would appreciate the committee's views and its input.