Well, let me note that, given the shortness of the presentation, I obviously honed in on the larger issues.
Among smaller issues, there has been a positive sign with the new ambassador to Mexico, Pierre Alarie. In talking with senior officials in the government and in the private sector, I sense that this may be an opening, so I would say that the government has already made a move in that direction and that there already has been an opening, a chance that maybe Canada is back.
At this meeting it is important to have something on the table. Among issues that are important to Mexico, there is obviously movement of people, the continued work on energy regulatory reform—and we've seen this especially at the provincial level with the Alberta energy regulator.... There are things the Prime Minister and the government can point to as signals.
But specifically, there is the idea of disasters, of moving on disasters and responding to disaster relief. This speaks to a strength that Mexico has: earthquake response, disaster response. These are areas in which they're regarded in the hemisphere as having a lot to offer. Acknowledging their expertise and looking to leverage it for work in North America with Canada would be one issue.
The North American Development Bank is something the Mexicans have been talking about for years. They would like to see the mandate expanded. It's in their interest; it's in our interest. It's a signal again that we're back and that we're looking at issues.
But on movement of people, the electronic travel authorisation has only gone so far. This idea has been on the table for four or five years. We presented it at FOCAL, at the Canada-Mexico Partnership meeting. We're only going to get so much credit for that. We need to come up with new ideas, and those two I think are hugely important.