One of the things we've been given with CETA is some municipal backlash where municipalities, some across the country, have said they don't want to play. That is not their call insofar as it's really the negotiation that we have with the provinces and so on, and they, being creatures of the province, can't run afoul of our agreement.
Would it help to have the provinces so closely connected in CETA to be able to do this and to have their buy-in? I would think that any deal going forward has to have that same sense of buy-in.
I'd like to ask you this. You've touched on it. How close will that relationship with our provinces have to be not just in terms of informing but in terms of tabling, if that's the right expression? What do you see as the provinces' role, so we can offset that potential for criticism? You know, quite frankly, that it will be there going forward, because there are those individuals and certain groups that will ensure that municipalities are twisted to a different perspective and they will come out and vote against it.
Have you any response to that, please?