Thank you.
Thank you to our officials for being here.
Currently I'm sitting on the red tape reduction commission that our government set up to talk about red tape around the country. Everywhere we've been, one of the top two issues we hear about is getting across the border. I know you guys aren't CRA, but the top issue is the complexity and the challenge that businesses have getting across the border.
I was surprised at 30%--I knew the number was high, so thank you for clarifying that--in terms of the supply chain that goes back and forth. Of course energy-resource-based products are 46%.
My question has two parts. I was going to try to ask one question with 12 parts, like my friend Mr. Cannis, but I don't know if I'll get away with that. So there are two things.
In light of what was addressed last Friday with the Prime Minister and the President, it doesn't seem to me that this is a new initiative. It seems this is something that our government and other governments have been working on. So if you could maybe share your thoughts on that, as really a continuation of what we've been trying to do to work with getting our goods and services across the border, that's the first question.
I'll leave it to two questions, as I'm almost out of time. Secondly, as you've seen our goods and services reduced to 75%, is that because we've opened up more markets? Why is that number decreasing? Because it would appear that both of our economies are moving forward at the same pace.