That was an interesting response, Mr. Gamble.
I wanted to go back to the conversation with Mr. Stothart and Mr. Podruzny.
Every year, the manufacturing industry comes to this committee asking for tax reductions, asking us to keep the corporate rates down, asking us for accelerated capital cost allowance, and every year productivity goes down, and every year fewer and fewer Canadian companies exist. In fact, productivity and efficiencies are actually statistically better by foreign companies coming in here and taking over Canadian companies.
At some point or another, the industries, as a general proposition, have to stand up and essentially explain to the taxpayers of Canada why their productivity is not competitive with that of foreigners. Both governments over the last ten years have essentially given the industry what it wants, and we are facing a rather grim situation in manufacturing.