In my presentation, I mentioned the need to help the regions that depend on a single enterprise or a major sector.
For example, take Saguenay, where I'm from. Forestry is very important there, and there are a lot of forestry businesses. Canada Economic Development has certainly done a lot of work on forestry, but also on the economic diversification of the region. Canada Economic Development has done the same in all regions in the same situation. Continuing with the Saguenay example, we have also invested a lot in the tourism and agriculture sectors, but also in the agri-food sector in the second and tertiary processing. Aluminum is another major business line in the region.
So we become less dependent when we don't put all of our eggs in one basket. Canada Economic Development helps with diversification in the various sectors of the economy and innovation of processes. Ultimately, what we are trying to do is to create products and develop markets, help with exportation, enable businesses to grow, help the regions to create good jobs and to keep their young people in the region as much as possible. That is what we are working on.