We are running a huge risk long term if we do not keep some semblance of alignment with the U.S.
The reality is that we are in North America. Our supply chains are integrated in North America. If the standards drift too far apart over a number of years—we're not talking about one or two years down the road, but rather five or six—then, all of a sudden, Canada will be isolated. It will be just an island. Nobody's going to produce vehicles only for the Canadian market. That is just a reality we need to accept.
Can we then do something additionally by opening up the standards of other countries? Yes, we can, but that is on the edges. That's not going to be the core of the market. The core of our market is still alignment with the U.S.
We have to be very cognizant of the fact that, if we pick a completely different path from that of the U.S., it's not going to hurt us in the first year. Rather, five or six years down the road, it's going to be very difficult for a company to produce vehicles just for the Canadian market. The volume is not there.
