Mr. Speaker, I want to begin by wishing colleagues a happy new year, particularly our friend from Manitoba who just asked the question. I want to thank the Conservative Party for its support last June in passing federal legislation in the House that did exactly that. It eliminated all federal barriers to interprovincial trade.
Now the challenge is to work with our partners in the provinces. The good news is that the Prime Minister will have the premiers for dinner in Ottawa on Wednesday and an all-day meeting on Thursday. We will be discussing exactly those issues of continuing to remove those barriers.