The Canadian economy and the Canadian auto sector are totally dependent on access to the U.S. market. We can talk about other suggestions to strengthen the economy domestically to make Canada a more competitive place, but we build more than we need and we export 90% of our production into the U.S. It's the largest, wealthiest, most diverse economy in the world.
If we don't have access to the U.S., we simply don't have an industry. All you have to do is look back to pre-auto pact times, 60 years ago, when we didn't have free trade in vehicles with the United States. It was a much smaller industry and it was less efficient, so it's fundamental. Without U.S. access, the industry is not what it is.
