Senator Wilson: Given that the bill tries to deal with federal jurisdiction with respect to interprovincial trade issues, most of the issues lie in provincial jurisdiction. What would you recommend to ensure that a focus remains on this after the spotlight has turned away?

Ms. Raitt: It’s up to the federal government, the federal minister in charge, to ensure that they continue to support the provinces in trying to stop themselves from having a side sheet of exemptions to these commitments to have no barriers, because you can say that you don’t have interprovincial trade barriers anymore, but there could always be a side letter of the things that are exempt from it, and to encourage them to get rid of those.

Mr. Gallant: I would say that is very practical advice. I bet you that in 2017 when we signed the CFTA, there would be things today that still exist that the premiers of that day would have said, “Why does this still exist?”

Ensuring the federal government could actually play a resources role and say, “We’re going to keep you all on task on this list, and we’re going to help you,” because I think the political will was there, and for whatever reason, it fell to the wayside, and that’s why your question was so good. The feds could play a role there.

Ms. Raitt: Yes.