As the youngest of nine children, I often say the power to convene—who holds the wooden spoon—is very, very powerful. To the extent that the federal government can facilitate the convening of provincial entities and provincial entities can facilitate the industry expertise being at the table, it will be extraordinarily powerful.
I understand that a number of those initiatives are already under way, but the one that's top of mind for me is in relation to the NAFTA negotiations, particularly in relation to NAFTA chapter 6, article 605, which is up for considerable debate. This appears to be a bit of a sleeper issue right now, but in my view, it has very extraordinary potential impacts. If we can leverage an existing process that relies on co-operative federalism to be successfully achieved, that's one way.
As well, just last week we started additional dialogue regarding the energy generation process and really getting people through each and every forum around the table to be talking constructively, and not destructively, about how the country can co-operate and really enhance the benefits of diversity. That's certainly one aspect.
The second point would be in relation to the Paris negotiations. We've been sleeping on the negotiating floor for the last 20 years, helping out with a number of governments as they have transitioned to trying to get what happened in Paris to happen. Certainly, as Canada has taken the lead on the markets provisions of the Paris agreement, specifically article 6.2, and given that the U.S. has withdrawn from Paris, there is opportunity. There is considerable opportunity for Canada to leverage the emission-reducing effect of its clean electricity exports to a soon-to-be non-Paris member, and we should be negotiating that accounting and those provisions into any agreements with the U.S.
Those would be two top-of-mind concerns.