The rationale behind working with the U.S. and Mexico is that increasingly we find that we have issues to discuss among ourselves. Those issues, the first of the line, will be ones where we have a shared environment. So the transboundary environment, but also the environment that includes the three countries, is a natural area for cooperation. The environment ministers are meeting, I believe, in June for their next trilateral session.
So the environmental aspect of the work that goes on through the environment ministers, which is referenced in the SPP, is an important component. It also has to be done in connection with energy and in connection with the economy. So again, those are both areas where the three governments have a lot to discuss to make sure that North America is an efficient place to produce. We've seen, for example, that to the extent that our borders are not efficient, to the extent that creates another cost to doing business between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico, it reduces the incentive for people to produce things here in North America.
One of the key goals of a process like the SPP is to ask ourselves, when we are making changes or looking at our regulations or looking at other areas in which the government is involved, are we doing things in such a way that it enhances the competitiveness of being based in North America? Or are we creating a problem for people to actually produce things and services here on our continent?