It's a great question and strikes to the heart of multiple priorities at Transport Canada departments.
The short answer is yes, the dialogue is happening. It's certainly happening at the ministerial, prime ministerial, and I would say elected representative level, and it's happening at the officials' level.
I spend a fair bit of time talking to my colleagues at the Department of Transportation, the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Coast Guard, etc., and at multiple levels, departmental officials at Transport Canada are spending a lot of time not just in dialogues with their U.S. counterparts, but in joint planning meetings on a whole range of things from aviation security to motor vehicle safety standards.
One recent example would be in the last budget. The government has recently enacted the pre-clearance bill—I can't remember the exact title—and, as a matter of coordination, has funded pre-clearance facilities at Billy Bishop and Quebec's Jean Lesage airports. To do that requires enormous coordination with customs, border control, and about 18 U.S. federal agencies.
I think in terms of what we can do is continue the Canadian playbook in this manner, which is extensive ministerial and elected representative engagement that's raised, quite frankly, the awareness in the United States of these trade corridors and the value of that coordination.