Absolutely. I'm very well versed with my counterpart in the Alberta Chambers of Commerce. He raises this point on a consistent basis with me.
Obviously this is an issue that we deal with here in Manitoba as well when we are looking at what we are doing that is making us less competitive. The whole focus needs to be on creating a more competitive business climate, and the role of government, to my mind, is always to create the climate. It's business's job to create the jobs.
When you're adding taxes, adding regulations, and making it more challenging for business by adding to their costs, that makes it more difficult for them to increase that prosperity, to increase jobs, and to create greater wealth within their employment.
Absolutely, we need to take steps to lessen the burden on business to allow them to be more competitive. I think that will have the greatest impact in terms of creating greater prosperity in Canada.