I would just summarize by leaving you with four recommendations we would like to put on the record.
The first is to encourage the Bank of Canada to relax its interest rate policy to reduce the upward pressure on the Canadian dollar. The second is to continue the recent federal practice of offering support for strategic major investments in the auto industry by participation in the Canadian Automotive Partnership Council, which has helped to facilitate that support. Third is to work with your Ontario colleagues and U.S. counterparts to quickly enhance the physical infrastructure at the Canada-U.S. border in Windsor, including the timely construction of a new crossing. And fourth is to withdraw from free trade negotiations with Korea and work instead to develop a fair-trade agreement in conjunction with U.S. officials to ensure North American exports to Korea, including strategic industries such as auto, rise proportionately with growing Korean exports to North America.
Again, thank you very much for the opportunity to present our views.