Our provinces and territories that border the United States actually have a particularly important role to play. I've already worked with many premiers, asking them to help the Government of Canada with our relations, particularly with governors from adjacent states.
There are a number of.... I forget the acronyms of the various organizations, but there's one in the northwest, and there's one, obviously, in the northeast and Atlantic provinces. I think those relationships between our premiers and their counterparts in the governors' offices, particularly in border states, are incredibly important.
Those border states feel the presence and the economic connection to Canada in many respects more than anywhere else, whether it's North Dakota, Maine, Alaska, Washington state or one of the other nine states that border Canada. I believe that there's a special place for our provinces and territories to help us in delivering the message, and I've already reached out to them.
