Thank you, Monsieur Blaikie, for the question.
I think a lot of the context for the lack of climate provisions within CUSMA relates to the [Technical difficulty--Editor]. We need to be aware of that. That said, there are ways for Canada to address this question at the domestic level.
I know that members have been asking for information on the economic impacts of CUSMA and how CUSMA impacts specific industries, and the same applies to climate.
As I mentioned at the beginning of my comments, it might be important to specify how CUSMA ends up favouring or maybe not favouring climate friendly groups if CUSMA is able to encourage the exchange of goods that help to reduce carbon emissions over time. This is something that Canada could engage in at the domestic level. That is just for the context of CUSMA.
Internationally speaking, the inclusion of binding commitments in trade agreements is the first step for Canada and partners who sign trade agreements with Canada to respect their commitments under the Paris Agreement. Why is this necessary? Because all partners that signed the Paris Agreement do this at the domestic level. Nationally determined contributions are domestically decided and agreed on. There's no issue of sovereignty in the kinds of things that Canada could be wary of because other countries might be pushing these to us because Canada's climate commitments are domestically based. Including these binding commitments so that both Canada and the other partners respect their nationally determined contribution could be a first step.