I'll be brief on this one. I'm not sure if “crisis” is a strong enough word to describe the state of the manufacturing sector, not only in this province but in this country. It's a myth that this is a cyclical-type downturn. It's a structural problem, and this is something that I think needs to fundamentally be addressed.
There are three things, and I'll reiterate what I've already said. We're not looking for handouts. We're not looking for the government to fund a corporate welfare system. We're looking for the government to step in as a partner and share the risk with us financially as an investment vehicle to help us not only in manufacturing but in automotive, the MTDM sector, and the manufacturing industry in Canada in general. We need to invest more in R and D to leverage our strengths. That will help us create those niche high-performance products that we need to compete globally.
Again, Gary has talked a lot about training. Training's critical. We need an abundance of highly skilled people with the tools in their toolboxes who will help us to compete globally.