If that's the case, Dr. Houlden, then wouldn't the biggest impact be on the grand consumer belt of the Quebec City-Windsor corridor, where some two-thirds of Canadian consumers live who use those imports? There's some $70 billion in imports that we bring in from China every year, rather than the exports of some $30 billion, predominantly from the prairie provinces. Wouldn't it seem to make sense that the bigger economic impact would perhaps be felt in central Canada as opposed to western Canada?
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