There's been an absence of late with respect to getting CAPC up and running since the change in the government. We're hopeful that we can do that sooner rather than later.
There are some initiatives, and as some as you may know, we rate them red, yellow, and green, sort of similar to the stop light. Some initiatives have stayed yellow and red for some time. The border has been a huge frustration, I think, for all of the member companies here today in terms of seeing progress, and progress quickly. The border signifies that Canada is open. It signifies certainty to future investment, and for future investment coming forward, which sometimes takes some years before it happens. That is also true with respect to product mandate—planning for product mandate on this side of the border versus on the U.S. side of the border, securing suppliers, supplier base, and so on. So the border, and the openness and transparency of the border, are key in terms of investment and signalling to future investment for Canada.
On some initiatives we've seen red, yellow, and green. We're hopeful that we can move forward fairly quickly, because as I had mentioned and alluded to before, CAPC pulls all of the initiatives together from the subcommittee standpoint, whether it's trade, whether it's fiscal, whether it's regulatory harmonization, whether it's environmental, whether it's energy, whether it's investment, and so on, and that is very important to moving forward.
I must say, from a personal perspective, the U.S. companies have looked at it and said, “It's a great model. It would be nice if we could mirror that model.” So it has received a lot of accolades from our parent corporation.