It's hard to comment on all those specifics. Let me just go back one step. During the period of the 1990s and the very first years of this decade, it was exports that were the key driver. We had rather weak domestic demand as federally and provincially we were getting our fiscal situation in shape and we really were relying heavily on foreign demand through that period to drive growth. That was also following the 1997 Asian crisis, when the price of raw materials plummeted, so the relative prices of manufacturers went up.
So we went through a period when it was the external sector that was the key driver. We now move to a period when we've had a big correction in commodity prices, and that is driving up incomes here in this country, so we are seeing the domestic sector be the key driver.
We expect that will continue, but as we get to the end of our projection period, we come much more into balance. You'll notice that by 2008 we expect net exports to be a kind of “net wash”, to not be a negative influence on growth, and maybe as we get out a little farther, this situation will actually turn around again.
Through all of these changes, the thing we've always emphasized is the importance of maintaining flexibility in the Canadian economy. In that regard, our performance in this decade, compared with our performance in the 1970s, when we had to adjust to massive changes in relative prices, has been extraordinarily good. Indeed, we've moved from being a bad performer globally in that regard to being an excellent performer globally.
What's really important in terms of policies both at the federal and provincial levels is that we maintain the drive to keep that flexibility, which allows us to adjust, because as a very open economy we're always going to be subject to pretty large swings and shocks. This time, the last decade looks pretty good relative to our historic performance in that regard.