That's bringing me back to competitiveness. Productivity is a consequence of investment. Productivity is a consequence of the latest technologies and continuous improvement, and the industrial chemical productivity has improved and will continue to improve as we invest.
I am concerned that as the Americans have taken the field in new investment, our productivity numbers are going to suffer as those new facilities come on stream. Productivity is about size and efficiency, and new investment drives that. The response will be that we need to get in the game.
A week ago I brought four companies into town to meet with federal officials. They represented about $12 billion in new investments. They were going to be making a decision between now and this time next year, many of them within a few months. I wanted to make it very clear that the provinces were engaged. The federal government was into consultations and studies and analysis, but not ready to start sitting down and seeing what it takes to match what's happening south of the border. That's where productivity will be addressed.