Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  Thank you.

Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  Well, I'm not going to comment on that, but I will say that what we're trying to do on buy America and buy American is make sure that we have the proper kinds of relationships with the new U.S. administration, so that we can have these kinds of conversations. They have opened tha

Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  Do you want me to start, Michael?

Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  Yes, I think that certainly is a point we've been thinking about quite a bit, because clearly on the defence side there are arrangements in place, and there is a much clearer kind of situation that exists there, but what we've been looking at most recently—and we've been having d

Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  We are certainly prepared to enter into negotiations with the U.S. on a new softwood lumber agreement at any point in time. The challenge we have is that we don't have a willing partner on the other side. That may change as the U.S. administration gets more up to speed and as we

Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  I'm certainly aware that it was raised. I'm not sure in which context. I think it was raised in more than one context. I wouldn't want to state definitively whether the Prime Minister himself raised it or not. I would expect so, but I'm not entirely sure.

Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  We don't really know yet, because we haven't seen any kind of details around what they might intend to do on infrastructure. I think what's important, and what we're taking as a positive signal, is that the U.S. administration has said that they want to consult with Canada as the

Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  Well, I haven't been directly involved in a lot of that. I think what we have been looking at is that the U.S. has indicated an openness to have further discussions in that direction. When we look back at what we did on PPE and ventilators early in all of this, we did succeed in

Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  It's very difficult to actually quantify that risk. I think, with the initial executive order that President Biden announced, we are largely exempt from the provisions related to buy American, under that provision, so we're not too concerned about that, or at least not as concern

Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  It is. We do think that.... Well, we will be certainly making the case that the U.S. doesn't produce enough steel or aluminum on its own. There are issues around concrete. There are issues around transportation infrastructure and waste-water management and all those kinds of issu

Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  Well, that's certainly something that's beyond where I work. I'm focused more on the economic side of things and am not involved in those kinds of issues. I know that when there are issues related to companies or businesses that are trying to get back and forth across the border,

Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  I'm sorry, Michael. Did you want to take that?

Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  Okay. Well, when it comes to supply chain security, we are having ongoing discussions with the U.S., because I think both of us are concerned about the kinds of disruptions we saw, particularly in the earlier stages of the pandemic, and we want to make sure that doesn't happen a

Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  I will, only to add that certainly, as you've described, Michael, on the vaccine side there's work going on. The issue that I'm more focused on and that some of our teams are more focused on is how we make sure we're in the same space as the U.S. when it comes to what we're bot

Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  Well, we have not set a specific point in time for when the border will open up. As you know, the border is open for essential services now, so we are having trade going back and forth to a very significant degree. What's being restricted is people coming back and forth across fo