International Trade committee  That's the challenge for the committee if we're going to get into 3.0. I think, in fact, Mr. Hiebert, to some extent we've touched on this already with all the various questions that have been raised and I risk now duplicating what I've already said. I think probably one should

International Trade committee  No, I don't think one would necessarily do it all through tax. The tax regime has to be as good as anybody else's, no question. I think it would be partly government procurement in conjunction with the private sector. I don't think this is a private sector or a public sector jo

International Trade committee  Thank you.

International Trade committee  I better ask you specifically to repeat the quote out of the GMAP to make sure I answer directly.

International Trade committee  The competitive advantages are that we have the labour, the knowledge, the marketing organization, and the international focus of both entrepreneurs and labour that are able to sense the importance of the international market and operate Canadian-based firms in such a way that th

International Trade committee  Take some risks.

International Trade committee  Doing that by 2018 would be ambitious, but I think if we get our domestic economy right and we are successful in pushing through the doors—and don't forget the growth in the United States in this half-decade. I'm not saying we should be influenced by that forever, but the next fi

International Trade committee  To some extent, I was responding to your vice-chair, saying that education, infrastructure, labour market development, intellectual property reform and revision, and the factors that lead to innovation, all, I think, should be seen as part of the ultimate trade agenda. I think I

International Trade committee  Yes. Trade and invest—

International Trade committee  I think the former. I think on the whole we haven't been restricted in getting into markets. There aren't that many obstacles. There are issues like exchange rates and things. I think the problem is that the country as a whole is not as “modern” as it once was. Investors aren't a

International Trade committee  Some are better than others. Mind you, I know Vancouver traffic jams.

International Trade committee  That's true. I guess my central point is that the domestic economy and the international are ultimately all one. How successful a country is in participating in the international marketplace—trading, investing, and innovating—depends ultimately on the strength of your domestic ec

International Trade committee  Is that directed to me?

International Trade committee  I guess, trying to answer a couple of points that have already been made, specifically, trade and the success of the domestic economy depend not only on the economics, they depend on cultural behaviour. To answer your question directly, I think risk taking, which is part of the C

International Trade committee  Innovative.