Absolutely, the energy industry, for one. I would say it is one of the strongest energy industries in the world. We have superb schools and superb research facilities. We have companies that are looked to around the world. We have the world's greatest energy resources in Canada, plus the endowment of those energy resources. And I'm not just talking about oil and gas, or even oil sands. I'm talking about renewable opportunities and I'm talking about hydro opportunities.
We're a world leader in hydro. Instead of saying, “That's fine, then we're going to support some industry that's a loser”, why don't we continue to support being the best in the world in hydro and support continuing to be the best in the world?
What it argues for is putting technology behind what you're already good at, what is a great strength of your economy, not for trying to do a little bit of everything and being mediocre at everything by trying to do that. I would argue that for energy.
Forestry is another example. We talked about Finland, but forestry is an example of where we haven't put in any effort. If we put our biotech effort behind pine-beetle-resistant trees, Douglas fir that will grow twice as fast in British Columbia's climatic environment, and trees that have longer and stronger fibres, then we would have a highly competitive forest industry. Instead of being sold to Sweden and Finland half the time, we would be able to reclaim that industry.
We haven't backed the industries we had that were strong. We ignored them and we've lost out. So I would argue strongly for a focus on things we're good at.