I want to support what they've said. We ask our members about obstacles to international trade. Global financial risk is number one; regulation and non-tariff barriers, number two. I hate sounding like a broken record here, but I think there's a theme.
Border issues are huge. I'm on the Canada Border Services Agency advisory committee. It's not just the rules; it's knowing the rules. The rules are changing; we're not sure what they are. So it's not just alleviating the burden; it's educating people about what is required. We have a whole bunch of cases. We're meeting with the minister's people after this meeting to talk to them about the fact that the rules have changed, and there is stuff being held up at the border because the rules have changed and they didn't realize it. So there are some really fixable things that can be done.
It's funny. When you talk about internal trade barriers, we all take a breath and say, yeah. I remember talking to a series of ministers from different parties who said, yes, it's a top priority, but I'm not sure if I'm willing to charge the barricades one more time without getting the provinces into the same room to do it yet again.
It's very frustrating. Take, for example, labour. The shortage of labour is a huge issue. Labour mobility is a huge issue. At one time we had the federal government and all the provinces lined up with a set of principles to deal with this issue, because the shortage of labour is not just a federal issue; it's a provincial issue and a business issue, and we have to work out a strategy. But it's like corralling cats. It's really hard to get people together to work on a strategy. You almost have to have the one-offs—the Alberta-B.C. type of approach—and then Saskatchewan is going to say it wants in. That's almost the way to do it.
But we do need some sort of overall strategy or set of principles on how to deal with the shortage of labour issue in particular. And these regulations...a truck.... It's brutal going across the country. So we're hurting ourselves.
I don't know how we do it.