Mr. Lussier, I think that may be a slight error in terms of the translation. The sentence that begins in that part of the presentation begins, “I hope this is not taken to mean that the government at both the federal and provincial levels played a passive role, because they certainly did not”. In fact, I would agree with you that federal and provincial governments played a very active role, and arguably an important role in terms of development.
In this sense, what I argue, and what I've argued before, is that it is because of this partnership between the public and the private sectors that we really see the development of this industry having reached the stage it is at today.
I apologize for the error in the translation.