For the federal government, we really ought to take an all-of-the-above approach in trying to incentivize continued provincial momentum. The federal barriers themselves are minimal, and the government has, to its credit, made movements to remove a lot of its exceptions and tried to eliminate strictly federal barriers. The federal government has an important role as a convenor, but also to help create the right incentives.
As the other Ryan noted, there's a really important role for generating and sustaining momentum that must come from the federal government. There's too much political variability, and there are different regional dimensions and prioritization, whether it's with the minister of a province who's in charge or a particular regulator that may not be willing to play ball.
There needs to be strong political momentum from first ministers to continue to ensure that the momentum we have achieved doesn't get lost and we don't end up in a hybrid patchwork where we've made some progress, we have to implement mutual recognition, we still have a wide variety of approaches to labour mobility and we still have a number of professions that are stuck outside of it because of provincial certifications and other things. We need to be very sober in assessing progress and being proud of it, but we really need to be doubling down on trying to continue that momentum.
The federal government plays an essential role. There may be some statutory measures around the Competition Bureau. There are going to be other ways around...some sort of public reporting or a scorecard. There will a celebrating of those that are moving the furthest and fastest and perhaps a naming of those that aren't.