As far as the discussions on free trade with the United States and that relationship go, things are moving along. The fact that the CUSMA-compliant parts of our business have been carved out and that we have no tariffs on the majority of our business is very good.
This is an opportunity for Canada to open its eyes and focus a little more on self-sufficiency and a little less on reliance. While the trade component is very important, we've allowed a lot of manufacturing capacity to evaporate from this country and free trade to take some of the energy out of the productivity of this country. There needs to be a better balance.
We need to trade with the United States. It's a tremendous opportunity to grow and scale our businesses. At the same time, we can't have ultimate dependency. Unfortunately, there's an element of dependency that's crept in that we need to resolve.
