Excellent.
Thank you to Mr. Rankin, first of all, for asking more of my questions. I don't have to follow with this great lead-in about the oil sands and the economy and non-renewable resource revenues.
But I do want to talk about the manufacturing sector, because obviously long term that's the only way Canada is going to maintain its competitive advantage. It's the only way we're going to make sure Canadians have the quality of life we continue to have. I think that's why this government, in part, is doing what they're doing in relation to the GPT.
In particular, I'm interested in how 72 countries are coming off the list. I took a look at the list. The list includes countries like China, which is the number two economy in the world, and soon to be number one, if it's not today, and India, South Korea, and Brazil. We're talking about economies in the top 10 in the world, or close thereto.
My understanding of the original tariff and the preferential basis for it was to help developing economies bring their people up to the quality of life they can have, but not at the expense of our manufacturing sector. Would that be fair to say?