Mr. Reuben East:

I cannot speak to how the EU would manage this as this is a matter for the EU and its member states to decide the process of how they might like to do this. Canada uses its federal government to negotiate and enter into agreements. In some of the committees, there is not only federal participation but also provincial government participation, for example, in respect of mutual recognition agreements, which usually fall within the provincial competence. That depends in the case of Canada and I cannot speak as to how the EU and its member states would organise that.