Simply put, we don't compete.
Ohio did an economic development plan for one of our divisions. It had it tabled, papered, authored and approved in less than six months.
In Mexico, we opened greenfield sites. We had economic development teams meet with us on a Tuesday, and by the following Thursday, before we were leaving, they had a whole proposal in front of us. We flew down the following week. They tabled more than $2.8 million in investment money to lure us to their specific state. They asked us to come down the following week. We told them we had some additional issues. Those issues were solved within one business day. We signed and penned a deal, and built two facilities in Mexico, all within six months. We were operational within 18 months.
That just doesn't happen in Canada, not even remotely. We can't even get funding for development projects in Canada. By the time we fill out and try to address any strategy in Canada, you're talking about a lengthy, cumbersome, red-taped and administratively heavy process. By the time it's done, there's no money left for the entrepreneur or the actual core value of what was intended.