I certainly agree with your comments, and thank you very much.
I think we are fortunate to live where we do, geographically positioned to the largest economy in the world. That allows us the options and opportunities, from small enterprises along the border to those in the interior, to export products and create and develop wealth. I think this particular program of the SPP is one that really accelerates opportunities to look at ways in which we can harmonize, and there are opportunities for improvements.
You also raise an excellent point, that it's very much in a consultative arrangement among colleagues and friends, where you get more open dialogue and discussion to develop consensus in terms of excellent solutions. I see this as an ongoing opportunity for us in Canada to take ideas from the business community. We are a group of small, medium, and large enterprises. We have been consulted, and we can bring our ideas forward so we can have borders that work.
There are opportunities for improvements. I totally agree that there are issues related to the border. We need to thin that border so we can have access to work collaboratively with our U.S. colleagues, especially with other government departments. I understand you touched on a couple that are very dear to us as well. For example, we would like to look at some of the opportunities with groups in the United States like the FDA. We might be able to develop a way of looking at allowing FDA accreditation with more labs, which would create expediency if they need to do sample analyses. When we create an open dialogue and discussion, we can come up with creative solutions.
Thank you.