This is a very important question. I can tell you that having had the opportunity to go across Canada after the presentation of the budget, I heard many things from businesses that were considering investments. I heard that in many cases people were challenged to find workers. We have a situation in which employment has gone down, so finding and keeping good workers is a challenge. I also heard about businesses that were concerned about our long-term competitive environment. The good news is that we are in a positive economic situation to deal with challenges that we're presented with.
However, there are also real challenges that we have to consider. In the current environment, we are obviously renegotiating NAFTA, which presents some uncertainty for businesses. We have changing tax rates in the United States, which present people with business investment differences as they consider those changed tax rates. We also have global trading changes that are going on. We need to consider that changed competitive environment.
I will tell you that right now we're making sure we understand the impact of those tax changes so as to ensure that we stay competitive. We're fighting hard on behalf of Canada at the NAFTA table to get to a better arrangement for all three parties. We're also looking carefully to make sure that we stay competitive. I will be taking time over the course of the next number of months to listen to Canadians and Canadian business leaders to understand how these changes are impacting them.
I can tell you that as we go out of the country, we continue to find a huge appetite for Canadian investment. We have great people in the country and a highly educated workforce. We have great resources, and we have a stable political system that creates long-term comfort for investors. It's a positive place from which we start, and we are committed to maintaining that continuing competitiveness by looking at all those aspects of importance for businesses as they make investments.