To a certain extent, many of the companies that do a good portion of the volume in this country are multinationals. It's the 80-20 rule: 20% of the manufacturers do 80% of the volume. That's a global issue. It's not just a North American issue.
This North American relationship of free trade has its values, but it has also created an environment where we're not as resilient as we should be and not as self-sufficient. We're not utilizing the opportunity of this agri-food superpower we have. Many of the agricultural products leave this country, are sent to the United States, are processed into ingredients and come back into this country with inflated costs that are applied to the operating costs or the input costs of the finished products.
Taking a better approach to getting a better balance among trade, resiliency and self-sufficiency in Canada needs to be done. We need to stimulate capital investment. We need to make it easier for these organizations. Many of them are foreign entities that have bet on Canada. We should be embracing them and finding opportunities to welcome even more manufacturing in order to continue to grow and to create the jobs that come with this.