Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Stewart-Patterson, in your presentation you referenced the smart border accord, which was signed in 2001 and which was a good step towards border issues between the United States and Canada. In 2007, it still hasn't been implemented, as you are aware.
Also, in both presentations—Mr. Sosnow's and yours—reference was made to the need for additional border infrastructure, specifically in the Windsor–Detroit area. The Buffalo and Fort Erie Bridge, the Peace Bridge, also has a plan for renewed infrastructure. The problem is they can't proceed with building new bridges because they don't know how to design their plazas. They don't know whether the cross-border accord is going to be in or going to be out. And after they design their plazas, they have to get environmental assessment approval based on these plans.
I was happy to hear, Mr. Stewart-Patterson, that this has boiled down, in your opinion, to one outstanding issue on having the smart border accord implemented. What is that issue? How can we as parliamentarians facilitate to remove that, if we can?