In the maritime sector, to support what Don MacLeod is saying here, in this business with EFTA, what bothers me is that we have been at this thing for four or five years, with every government and the bureaucrats, over and over again. We almost went out of the shipbuilding business. For all practical purposes, we went out of the shipbuilding business. Davies is bankrupt, several times. Madam Verreault is struggling down in your part of the world. I understand the receiver took over the fellows on the lakes this morning, the shipyard on the Great Lakes. We shut down a big shipyard in Saint John. We had the most modern shipyard in Canada, a big yard. The federal government had no procurement policy. It was a disaster.
When we're a nation that has so much coastal marine area, why can we be so disorganized about an approach regarding our manufacturing of ships and the operating of ships in this region? To me, it's a disgrace. I'll tell you frankly, I'm disappointed. Someone has to have a vision that says okay, let's build so many ships a year. Let's protect our home fleet. They do it around the world because it's just good sense. That's how most countries have protected themselves over the centuries. We should look after ourselves here in Canada.